Yusuf Pathan

The land issue between Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and former cricketer and newly-elected Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan has now reached the Gujarat High Court. Pathan has filed a petition challenging the corporation’s notice to remove the encroachment from his plot.

Regarding the dispute, Pathan alleged, “Efforts are being made to harass me because I was elected from a different party. Nothing was done for the past 10 years, and suddenly, after the election results, a notice was sent on June 6. If I don’t submit to their demands, they will come with a bulldozer.”

After hearing arguments from both sides, the HC has asked VMC to file its reply.

VMC’s allegation is that the former cricketer has set up a stable on a municipal plot in the city’s Tandalja area.

This prompted a BJP councillor to advocate reclaiming the plot. The BJP approved a proposal regarding this in a general meeting of the municipal body.

Vadodara Municipal Commissioner Dilip Rana issued a notice to the TMC MP from West Bengal’s Behrahampur, instructing him to vacate the land.

Moreover, Nitin Dongha, a BJP councillor from Ward No 10, has sought a land-grabbing complaint be registered against Pathan. He has submitted a letter to the municipal commissioner in this regard.

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