Aaditya Thackeray says patents office is being moved from Mumbai to Delhi; Piyush Goyal calls it 'half-baked' info

Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday latched on a Commerce Ministry order to claim the Comptroller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks office is being moved to Delhi and accused Union Minister Piyush Goyal of betraying MumbaiThe office of the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks CGPDTM which functions under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry is located in Mumbai The agency is responsible for administering the Intellectual Property Laws in IndiaTaking to X Thackeray claimed that the CGPDTM office is being shifted to New Delhi and posted a picture of the Commerce Ministry order dated December 3 2024 to back his assertionHitting back Goyal said Thackerays aggression was premature and armed with halfbaked informationThe Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray legislator from Worli alleged that every act of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP was meant to insult Mumbai and then rub salt on its woundsWhat a shameful act by a minister elected as MP Member of Parliament by Mumbai The man betraying Mumbai that elected him The same minister feels that our states shouldnt ask for our fair share of funds from the centre for our contribution to the Union Govt the former state minister saidGoyal the BJP Lok Sabha MP from Mumbai North slammed ThackerayYour aggression is premature and armed with halfbaked information This overenthusiastic attack establishes why the people of Maharashtra deemed you unfit to govern them anymore For the record the Head Office of Trademark and Patent office Mumbai shall continue working fromhellip httpstcoeezXTKIL75mdash Piyush Goyal PiyushGoyal February 13 2025This overenthusiastic attack establishes why the people of Maharashtra deemed you unfit to govern them anymore the Union Commerce and Industry Minister said in a post on XFor the record the Head Office of Trademark and Patent office Mumbai shall continue working from the city It is only the office of cgpdtm_india with the administration and finance division that will be based in Delhi Goyal assertedThe Union Minister emphasised that the Modi government wants a better alignment and functional augmentation with the department to support Indias innovators and entrepreneursThe reason for that moving administration and finance division to Delhi is a process completely alien to your party and its style of misgovernance The Modi government wants a better alignment and functional augmentation with the department to support Indias innovators and entrepreneurs Goyal addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever