Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap accuses CM Eknath Shinde of corruption

Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap blames CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for waiving off the government revenue of Rs 125 Crore in favour of Mars Hotel and Resort Pvt Ltd.
Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap

Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap during press conference on Friday

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By Ankit Nagesh Salvi
Mumbai: Mumbai Congress President, Bhai Jagtap blamed Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for waiving off the government revenue of Rs 125 crore of Mars Hotel and Resort Pvt Ltd. He was speaking during the press meet organised here on Friday.
“When Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was Urban Development Minister, he waived off government revenue of Rs 125 crore to Mars Hotel and Resort Pvt. Ltd in the year 2019-20,” said Jagtap.
Jagtap stated that the present Chief Minister, who was then holding the post of Minister of Urban Development in the Mahavikas Aghadi government worked in the favour of Mars Hotel and Resort Pvt Ltd. "In this scam, with the connivance of the officials of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation including the Revenue Department, the government has lost a revenue fee of Rs 125 crore," he added.
According to Jagtap, when the District Collector submitted the report to the Ministry of Urban Development, the Urban Development Ministry then waived off the revenue fees after getting the consent from the Urban Development Minister.
Jagtap further mentioned that the Mars hotel owner did not get any approval for construction but still they constructed the hotel and the Municipal Corporation too granted a Completion Certificate and Occupancy Certificate to them.
“Mumbai Congress has written a letter to CM Eknath Shinde mentioning that Mars Hotel Pvt. Ltd. developed the hotel without paying a premium amount to the Government and got the occupation certificate,” Jagtap asserted. As per the Government Amendment Act 1991, 50 percent of the land was reserved for recreation grounds but the new DCPR 2034 development rule reserved only 10 per cent.
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