BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has alleged massive irregularities in the allotment of prime plots of land to a trust co-founded by Congress MP Rajeev Shukla and his wife Anuradha Prasad in Mumbai. According to Somaiya, the plot measuring 2,821 sqm and worth more than Rs 100 crore was allotted to BAG Films Educational Society. It housed 24 slum structures whose residents were later rehabilitated by the State government.
“After the State government facilitated rehabilitation of slum dwellers, BAG Films Society has now applied to the Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) for approval to develop the plot,” said Somaiya. The SRA has even given a letter of intent (LOI) to BAG Films Society to proceed and submit the detailed redevelopment proposal. “So this is a goldmine for the trust as they have no real slum dwellers to rehabilitate and thus exploit the entire potential of the plot,” the BJP leader added.
According to Somaiya, the revenue department has claimed that it does not have records of the file as it was destroyed in the Mantralaya fire of 2012. Though it has been more than a year since the fire gutted offices on the three floors of Mantralaya, it was only after Somaiya sought for information that the officials have initiated procedures to reconstruct the file from the records at the Collector’s office.