Nagpur land controversy: CM Eknath Shinde resignation demand raised in Opposition protest

Opposition parties tried to pile more pressure on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with a protest in the state Assembly premises on 21 December 2022. Opposition leaders demanded Shinde's resignation as CM over a land allotment controversy.

A decision taken by Shinde when he was urban development minister in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government is in the eye of a storm. Opposition parties allege that Shinde gave a plot of land in Nagpur to 16 persons for ₹1.5 crore.

The current worth of the land is ₹83 crore, and it had been reserved to build houses for slum-dwellers, the Opposition claims.

CM Shinde has rejected allegations of wrongdoing and corruption.

On the other side, BJP legislators Pravin Darekar, Gopichand Padalkar, Shweta Mahale and Shinde camp members also staged a demonstration over the alleged insult of saints by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Andhare. The ruling alliance members raised slogans against former CM Uddhav Thackeray.

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(With PTI inputs)