PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
A delegation of senior leaders of Uttarakhand Congress met the governor Dhal Singh Bisen at Lok Bhawan on Thursday on the issue of alleged sale of valuable lands of the State government to private players at throwaway prices.
The delegation submitted a demand that all the decisions made by the State government regarding sale of government land should be cancelled and they should be returned to their original departments. The Congress leaders also demanded that the court’s directives regarding cabinet minister Ganesh Joshi’s disproportionate assets case should be followed.
The delegation submitted a memorandum to the governor. The memorandum mentioned that the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council (UTDC) leased 142 acres of prime land at George Everest Estate, Mussoorie, valued at thousands of crores of rupees, to a private company for 15 years at an annual lease of approximately Rs one crore. It mentioned the transfer of government lands at many places of the State through the Uttarakhand Investment and Infrastructure Development Board (UIIDB).
The memorandum alleged that a recruitment scam occurred in the State Cooperation department during the period of Covid-19 pandemic and requested that a high level inquiry should be conducted in the scam.
The delegation included Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal, leader of opposition in Vidhan Sabha Yashpal Arya, former chief minister Harish Rawat, chairman of Election Campaign Committee Pritam Singh, chairman of Election Management Committee Harak Singh Rawat and other leaders.
