BJP MLA seeks land for a trust, state cabinet clears it in less than a month
The proposal was sanctioned in less than one month from the day of application to the state government by BJP MLA from Sion-Koliwada, Captain Tamil Selvan.
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Captain Tamil Selvan, BJP MLA from Sion-Koliwada (Image source: Facebool/Captain R Tamil Selvan)
Maharashtra Cabinet on Friday cleared the handover of 6,320 sqm plot in Vadala salt pan revenue division costing Rs 74.54 crore to Veer Savarkar Charitable Trust (Reg.) for educational purposes.
The proposal was sanctioned in less than one month from the day of application to the state government by BJP MLA from Sion-Koliwada, Captain Tamil Selvan. As requested by him, the government sanctioned the change in use of land from residential to educational.
“I am not an office-bearer of this trust. I corresponded with the state government because the trust is from my area and I wanted that poor kids from my constituency get good education. This land will not be given for free and will not be used for commercial purposes. I thank the government for giving the land to the trust,” Selvan told The Indian Express. As per the government resolution dated July 31, 2023, the trust will be paying around Rs 14 crore to the government.
On September 9, 2024, Selvan had raised the demand seeking the land to be given to the said trust as ‘special case’ for the primary and secondary school meant for EWS and weaker sections. Based on this, Mumbai (City) collector submitted a report on September 11 which mentioned that the reservation on the said land is residential and it was leased to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
Even as the proposal mentioned that the said trust does not fulfill the criterion decided by the state government for the allotment of land for educational purposes, it was cleared by the Cabinet.
Last week, a similar proposal to allot a five hectare land parcel near Nagpur to a trust headed by BJP state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule was discussed by the Cabinet. The government had then too opposed the direct allotment, but the trust later said that the state government has approved to give the said land and the trust will be paying Rs 1.46 crore.
Last month, the Cabinet approved a proposal to lease prime land in South Mumbai near Mantralaya, measuring 2,995.75 sqm, to a non-profit organisation called Jain International Organisation for 30 years to build a primary and secondary school, despite the finance department’s objections.
In another case, a 2,566.57 sqm MHADA plot in the prime Sion area (South Central Mumbai) was leased to Mumbai District Central Co-operative Bank, of which BJP leader Pravin Darekar is the chairman, despite the finance department’s negative remarks.
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