Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday alleged that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime had neglected Mumbai, but claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti government “saved” the city with infrastructure projects worth over Rs 7 lakh crore, reported news agency PTI.

Addressing the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Maharashtra Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (MACCIA) in Mumbai, Amit Shah asserted that investments in the irrigation sector under the current government had ended the prolonged issue of farmer suicides in Maharashtra, a problem that had persisted for decades.

Amit Shah said India is set to become the third-largest economy in the world by 2026–27 and that there has been “symmetric” development across the country over the past 11 years, PTI reported.