On Sunday, angry villagers of Leelala laid their own foundation stone - which had 'aam aadmi' inscribed as the name of the chief guest - still claiming the project was to come up in their village.
He said he was yet to take a decision on whether to join the Congress or not.
Villager are treating the project as a 'golden goose' and are demanding huge compensation for their land.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs at its meeting this morning approved the project, official sources said.
However, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her five cabinet colleagues have won their respective constituencies.
The Congress leader, responsible for the party's victory in the recent bypolls, has slogged it out, meeting people, establishing contact and listening, all the time, to people.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will take the final call on Wednesday on who will be the chief minister.
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HPCL is now ready to increase the stake of the state government up to 49 per cent.