Investigation will be held to detect violations in registration of land in Haryana during 2010-16 and under what is called ‘Section 7A’ that aims at preventing mushrooming of unauthorised colonies and haphazard construction in urban belts, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, leaving the principal Opposition party (Congress) stunned.
The surprising move that raised the hackles of the Congress comes in the wake of the BJP-JJP coalition government confirming 64,577 violations of Section 7 in registration deeds between April 2017 and August 2021.
Ever since these irregularities have come to fore, the Opposition parties have been accusing the state government of brushing this “mega registration scam” under the carpet while generating heat on the government and especially cornering deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, who holds the revenue department portfolio.
In every assembly session held in the past one year, the Opposition has been highlighting the ‘scam’, causing discomfort in the treasury benches.
The BJP had come to power for the first time in Haryana in October 2014 after dethroning the Congress and retained power in October 2019 assembly polls with the support of Jannayak Janta Party (JJP).
Now, the fresh probe will also look into violations, if any, committed during the second consecutive term of nearly five years when Congress strongman Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the chief minister.
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