Robert Vadra is not the only beneficiary of Hoodas land largesse

February 04, 2013 11:12

'Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda's motivation in licensing a staggering 21,000 acres of land in just 8 years since he assumed office in May 2004 may not be entirely to drive planned development '" as the State administration claims. Fresh evidence culled from over 200 land deals reveals that far from planned development, roughly 1,350 acres of land acquired from poor, unsuspecting farmers at a low rate in the name of 'public interest' were later licensed to builders after bestowing out-of-turn favours and concessions that helped the land value increase exponentially,' reports Shalini Singh in The Hindu.

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