Congress questions land purchase by Prashant Bhushan in the state

Vishal Sharma, Shimla Correspondent

            The opposition congress has demanded an enquiry into the land allotment to Indian against Corruption activist Prashan Bhushan in the state. Congress party has alleged that the BJP government in the state has allotted tea-gardens in Palampur to Prashan Bhushan by keeping the Constitutional provisions and Administrative formalities at stake.

Ex-cabinet minister and senior congress leader Harsh Mahajan said, “We want an independent probe into the land allotment made to Prashan Bhushan in the year 2010”. Mahajan asked the Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan to clarify his motive behind buying land in the state.

It is worthwhile to mention here that the land in the state is limited and no outsider can purchase land in the state without appropriate permission from the authorities. Mahajan asked, “The state government should clarify the stance as to why it was necessary for it to allot land to Bhushan under special provisions?” A senior government official told that land was allotted top Prashan run Kumud Bhushan Educational Society on 2^nd February 2010 to establish an educational institution on 4.68 acres of land.