Revanth.K

‘We don’t want reels — we want real facts’. Tamil Nadu’s Industries Minister @Keerthana4VNR Claiming credit for the ₹1,370 crore expansion plans of Hwashin and Seoyon in Tamil Nadu is absolutely wrong. These are routine expansions of plants the companies already operate in the state. Presenting them as a major achievement that offsets or replaces new projects elsewhere is misleading. In early November 2026, Hwashin, Seoyon and Iwamet signed MoUs with the Andhra Pradesh government for approximately ₹1,614 crore to set up new manufacturing facilities in Anantapur. These projects were projected to create around 1,418 jobs (Hwashin ~100, Seoyon ~918, Iwamet ~400). Tamil Nadu had also been in discussions with the companies.⁠ On 11 November 2026, Hwashin and Seoyon submitted Letters of Intent to the Tamil Nadu government for ₹1,370 crore. These are for expansions of their existing plants (capacity expansion, modernisation, R&D, localisation and new business lines). No specific job numbers were announced for the Tamil Nadu expansions. While new plants (as in the Andhra MoUs) create fresh manufacturing capacity and jobs in a new location. Expansions of existing facilities are normal and routine for companies that already operate somewhere. They still involve capital and can create some incremental jobs, but they are not equivalent to attracting new factories. Taking credit for such ordinary expansions and using them to claim that investments are not going to Andhra or that a loss has been averted is absolutely wrong. The new manufacturing capacity and the bulk of the announced jobs went to Andhra Pradesh. That is the factual position. Minister Keerthana is trying to cover up the failure of the @TVKPartyHQ TVK government. Instead, she should see to it that the government must not lose any further in future investments due to its incompetence. Narayanan Thirupathy, Chief Spokesperson, BJP, Tamil Nadu.