Nashik Diary

The same Patil is now advocating the allotment of a plot of land reserved for a garden to an institution established by Babanao Gholap. Gholap8217;s B G Shiksan Sanstha had received the 4,000 sq m plot at Vihitgaon on a five-year lease from the corporation. Some local residents led by a Congress corporator submitted a memorandum to the minister registering their Opposition.

Here, Patil did an about-turn. He justified the allocation of the plot to the institution, saying Gholap8217;s change of focus from politics to education was 8220;awelcome sign8221; and naturally, attributed 8220;motives8221; to those opposing the move. Gholap8217;s critics, he added for good measure, had launched a smear campaign against him, in view of the forthcoming Assembly polls.

Double Take II

IT8217;S not just the politicians turning what may seem like a strongly-held view on its head; it8217;s also government officials.

The space where Gholap intends to run a school, was encroached upon by an Anti-Encroachment department official!

An engineer in the department, N S Bodke, who built a house on the land and settled in, his stunt overlooked by the NMC for years even as it went on a demolition spree last year.

Bodke has now vacated the structure on the open space and had bought himself a new house. The NMC is now walling up the space.

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