New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday for being against the Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project.

In a post on X, accused Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of attempting to "derail" the project with their "lies and distortions", stating that they have "failed miserably" after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) upheld environmental clearance for the project.

"On directions from international collaborators, the mother-son duo of Smt Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have been going to a great extent to derail the Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project worth approximately Rs. 80,000 crores," he said in a post ...