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Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy has accused the Congress authorities of illegally sanctioning authorities onshore astatine throwaway prices successful 31 locations to physique Congress Bhavans.
Addressing a property league successful Bengaluru connected Tuesday, Mr. Narayanaswamy alleged that 5 sites from the Revenue Department and 26 from section bodies had been sanctioned for the operation of Congress Bhavans.
Most of these lands were civic amenities (CA) sites that were not expected to beryllium allocated for the operation of governmental enactment offices, helium alleged, and said that the State Cabinet had approved the allocation of specified sites arsenic the officials acrophobic had raised objection to their allotment, citing procedural issues.
While the allotment of these lands for governmental purposes itself was against the norms, the authorities had indulged successful 1 much irregularity by allotting them astatine conscionable 5% of their marketplace value, helium alleged.
Citing an example, helium said a CA tract measujring 4,404 quadrate metres worthy ₹4.08 crore successful Chickballapur had been allocated astatine a specified ₹20.42 lakh. Similarly 613 quadrate metres of authorities onshore worthy ₹24.52 lakh successful Badami had been sanctioned for conscionable ₹1.22 lakh. In Mandya, onshore worthy ₹1.45 crore had been sanctioned for ₹7.28 lakh, helium alleged.
He urged the authorities authorities to instrumentality backmost the onshore allotted. Mr. Narayanaswamy said his enactment would instrumentality up a ineligible combat if the allotment was not withdrawn.
DCM defends allocation
Responding to the BJP leader’s allegation, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, besides president of the KPCC, said the enactment was constructing 100 Congress Bhavans arsenic portion of the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s presidency of the Congress. “Yes, we are utilizing authorities onshore for Congress Bhavans. We are allotting 5,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. plots,” helium said.
He pointed retired that during the BJP’s tenure, onshore had been allotted to assorted trusts successful Bengaluru astatine concessional rates. “The onshore fixed to Chanakya University is worthy ₹10 crore per acre, but it was allotted astatine ₹50 lakh per acre for 100 acres.”
He further asked, “If onshore was not allotted by the BJP government, however was the RSS bureau constructed?”
