Mohali’s Semiconductor Complex Ltd at the centre of BJP-Congress face-off
Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed past governments for “killing at birth” India’s semiconductor development plans, Mohali’s Semiconductor Complex Ltd has taken centre stage.
After PM’s Independence Day address, in which he said India had lagged behind other nations by nearly six decades in its chip making plans, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh flagged how the Mohali SCL factory began operations from 1983.
The BJP hit back by questioning what had happened after 1983 and recalled the 1989 fire that gutted the plant, effectively pushing India back by several years.
