NIRUPAM MOVES COURT AGAINST PATANJALI LAND ALLOTMENT
Congress’ Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam has filed a plea in the Bombay high court against the Union government Maharashtra government, and Baba Ramdev’s Patanjal Ayurved alleging major irregu larities in the allotment of 600 acres land to Patanjali for setting up a food park in the Multi-moda International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN), Nagpur.
Nirupam has alleged that the Maharashtra government favoured Patanjali and flouted al tender and legal norms to allot the land to Ramdev at the behest of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari who is also the guardian minister of Nagpur.
As per Nirupam’s plea filed on Monday, the land is part of a reserved forest area meant to be used only for ecological develop ment purposes and the Maha rashtra government not only allotted the plot to Ramdev for a commercial food park but also made gave at a huge concession
Nirupam has alleged that while the current market value of the land parcel is at least Rs100 crore per acre, Patanjali Ayurved got it at Rs25 lakh per acre. He has claimed the “price quotes for the bids were changed by the state without any explanation” and that when an officer raised an objection, he was transferred.
The plea urges the court to restrain Patanjali Ayurved from using the land until a final order and to order an inquiry into the allotment.