Congress demands 10-day Assembly session to discuss land scams in Gujarat
The Opposition Congress in Gujarat Assembly has demanded a 10-day session of the Legislative Assembly to discuss the land scam of the state before the Speaker.
Amit Chavda, leader of the Congress in the assembly, wrote a letter to Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly Shankar Chaudhary demanding convening a 10-day assembly session over the issue of frequent land scams prevailing in Gujarat.
Chavda addressed the media with the demand today, saying, “The Gujarat government always stays away from the debate and tries to shorten the assembly sessions. There will only be a two-day session because of the rules. We demand that at least a 10-day assembly session be called on the issues and problems of Gujarat.
He accused the government of allotting gauchar (cow grazing) land to industrialists, and pushing cows to slaughterhouses. They fought elections by taking funds from the owners of slaughterhouses, so when they are back in government, land scams are taking place.
The Congress leader said that Vijay Rupani, the former chief minister, rightly said that the revenue department was one of the most corrupt departments in Gujarat. Under the current Bhupendra Patel government, awards should be given for the level of corruption in the department. Chavda also brought up the land allotted to Adani in Kutch in his speech.
Chavda also brought up the infamous Mulasana land scam, relating a ₹20,000 crore land scam that saw a collector sent jail, which makes the government's involvement evident.
He also stated that in such cases, small names are sacrificed and big names are spared.
Similarly, a tribal land in Dahod, Sanskar Dham land in Ahmedabad, and Dehgam’s recent land scam where a village was sold by the accused, all happened under the eye of CM Patel, according to Chavda.
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