Metro car shed row: Shiv Sena asks if BJP 'working' for builders

Firing a fresh salvo the Shiv Sena on Friday demanded to know whether the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is working for the people of the state or for the builders lobby amid a raging controversy over the Mumbai Metro car shed projectA senior party leader has accused Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis of leaking sensitive information pertaining to the Aarey Colony plot versus the Kanjurmarg land for the car shedThe leader also demanded a Crime Branch probe into the entire saga leading to the cancellation of the Kanjurmarg land on June 1 2017 allotment of the Aarey Colony land etcVasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission VNSSM President Kishore Tiwari claimed that the exCMs disclosures could create direct hurdles in the projects implementation by Maha Vikas Aghadi government and prove detrimental to the interests of the state and MumbaikarsFadnavis has been making public sensitive information violating the Oath of office and secrecy administered to him as the CM Is he protecting some powerful persons or interests besides jeopardising the project by instigating litigation Tiwari allegedContending that at least three top builders of Mumbai are eyeing the Kanjurmarg plot which could be worth around Rs one lakh crore Tiwari said that it needed a thorough probe to avoid further delaysWho are the socalled salt pan farmers in the Kanjurmarg area Since when are they running the salt pans there When did they get possession of the land Where are the agreementsdocuments pertaining to the land he questionedThe people must know how the socalled claims by different parties in the Bombay High Court and city civil court resulted in exparte stays as the government was not represented and the stay is not yet vacated for years Tiwari addedHe pointed out that in all cases there was some form of exparte injunction without any appearance or opposition by the government lawyers and no serious efforts were made to get these orders vacated or challenged in the appellate forums or the Supreme CourtThe poor farmers allegedly sold their land to some builders on a letter of intentagreement but on what kind of support documents Who are the big realtors and expensive lawyers fighting on their behalf Why government lawyers always remained conveniently absent Why did the BJP exCM do nothing in this matter then the VNSSM leader questionedTiwari asked when the government plans to allot barely 102 acres out of the 3289 acres in the Kanjurmarg land composite Survey Number 275 for the Metro car shed projectThere is so much objection from the BJP so who are they trying to shieldOther crucial questions are Who prepared the committee report in January 2020 which declared the Kanjurmarg land as unviable assessed the costs and losses Who advised Additional Chief Secretary Manoj Sounik or the consultants panel that prepared the tailormade report Who gave the papers to Fadnavis or how they reached Twitter Tiwari askedThe Crime Branch must probe the entire saga leading to the cancellation of the Kanjurmarg land on June 1 2017 allotment of the Aarey Colony land chopping of over 2000 trees in just 40 hours appointment of the external committee and how its papers came into the public domain he demandedTiwari accorded a Ministers status plans to request Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to head a committee comprising Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat to get at the root of the issue whereby the Kanjurmarg land was discarded to loot the Aarey Colony green belt plotHe said if the socalled salt farmers propped by the mystery builders were creating obstacles what prevented Fadnavis from going to the Supreme Court then instead of now defending his failure in the matterKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever