Opposition in Maharashtra accuses CM of giving slum land to private people

Maharashtra Politics: The present Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was a minister in the previous government of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, in view of the Bombay High Court’s order to maintain the status quo on the decision to give the land allotted for slums to private individuals, the opposition has demanded the resignation of the Chief Minister. The opposition also created ruckus in the assembly premises on Tuesday (December 20). Meanwhile, CM Shinde dismissed allegations of any wrongdoing while holding the post of Urban Development Minister in the previous government.

CM Shinde said in the assembly that when the matter came to him as an appellate authority, he did not pass any order to reduce or increase the rate of the disputed land and insisted on charging the price as per the existing government rules.

did not abuse his power
CM Shinde said that when the court order was brought to his notice last week, he canceled his land allotment order dated April 20, 2021 (when he was the urban development minister in the MVA government). He said, “I have not misused my power as urban development minister. I have not interfered with any court order either.”

Shiv Sena leader and former CM Uddhav Thackeray demanded Shinde’s resignation regarding this matter. He called it a serious matter and said that his party would raise it in both the Houses. Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray also demanded an inquiry into the matter.

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gave the issue to the opposition members
The court order gave opposition members an issue to target the Shinde-BJP government during the ongoing winter session of the state legislature in Nagpur, but Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis staunchly defended the government in the Council and there was no response from the Chief Minister. also denied any wrongdoing. The Bombay High Court recently ordered status quo on Shinde’s decision to allot land earmarked for slum dwellers to private individuals when he was a minister in the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government.

ordered private individuals
The Nagpur bench of the high court was informed by amicus curiae and lawyer Anand Parchure on December 14 that Shinde, when he was the urban development minister in the earlier MVA government, had sold the land acquired by the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) for a housing scheme for slum dwellers to 16 private Individuals were instructed to give. Following this decision, members of the opposition MVA protested against the state government at the Legislature Complex in Nagpur. He accused the Shinde-BJP government of being corrupt and demanded an explanation from the chief minister.

Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis said in the Legislative Council that his government does not give expensive plots to anyone at a low price. However, on Tuesday (December 20), the proceedings of the House had to be adjourned for the day after a debate between members of the opposition and the ruling party in the Legislative Council on the issue of allotment of slum land to private persons.

BJP members protested
When Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the House Ambadas Danve was making a statement on the issue, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandrakant Patil and several BJP members in the coalition government protested and urged Upper House Deputy Speaker Neelam Gorhe That he should give time to the LoP some other day to discuss this issue.

As soon as the proceedings of the Upper House started in the morning, Deputy Chairman Gorhe asked to start the Question Hour, but Ambadas Danve raised the issue of land allotted by Shinde. Danve said, “The Nagpur Improvement Trust had reserved a four-and-a-half-acre plot for the rehabilitation of slum dwellers.” However, former Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde had allotted pieces of this plot to 16 private persons for Rs 1.5 crore, while the present value of the land is Rs 83 crore.

Opposition leaders protest
Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar, Congress leaders Nana Patole, Prithviraj Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday (December 20) after a meeting of MVA leaders at the Congress office in Vidhan Bhawan, on the second day of the winter session of the state assembly, in Nagpur. ) MLA Aditya Thackeray and other leaders protested. The MVA leaders raised slogans about the corruption of the Shinde government and demanded the resignation of the chief minister.

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