BJP returns favour, Modi suit buyer to get back land

June 22, 2015 11:53

The BJP government in Gujarat has planned to return the 'favour' diamond tycoon Laljibhai Patel had done by purchasing PM Narendra Modi's monogrammed suit for Rs 4.31 crore in February.

All arrangements have been made through the BJP-controlled Surat MC to "return' 12,000 sq m on the outer ring road of the Surat city to a Patel-owned sports club for the construction of an "international standard sports complex".

The disputed land, priced around Rs 54 crore, was earlier marked by the civic body as "reserved for social infrastructure', which could have included construction of roads, hospitals or any other public utility service.

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