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Modi government involved in multi billion rupee land scandal
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil has claimed that Chief Minister Narendra Modi was involved in a multi billion rupee land scandal.
In this case Revenue Minister, a close confidant of Modi, allowed a businessman to sell two lakh square of precious land in Kutch instead of government taking possession of the land. Gohil demanded that the government should set up inquiry by a High Court or Supreme Court judge into it.
In this case, he said, Mumbai based Indigold Refinery, was given two lakh square meter of land in Kutch. It was agricultural land and under law the businessman had to start production from the proposed unit within a stipulated period failing which the government had to take possession of the land. In this case, the Indigold Refinery did not start the project and decided to sell the land to Allumina Refinery. And taking side of Indigold, Revenue Minister threw all rules to winds and allowed it to sell the land to Allumina Refinery.
All officers right upto Principal Secretary Revenue opposed it. This is clear from the noting on the proposal file from July 2009 to October 2009. Overruling this, the Revenue Minister said that the company should be allowed the deal as a special case.
In the meantime an officer suggested that there should be amendment in policy and the government should collect 50 percent of the unearned income. However, this was also rejected by the principal secretary who said that as per law the government should take possession of land and then it can sell it to the other party at market price. Even this was overruled by the Revenue Minister who, on November 4, 2009, further remarked that as per earlier instructions the company should be allowed to sell the land directly as an exceptional case.
Indigold had bought land in 2003 and as per the law it had to start production within three years by any means. The company did not start production. What is more interesting is the fact that the company which was given land initially with six month certificate even did not applied for extension. The government should have taken possession by 2004, Gohil pointed out.
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