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Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA), which is in the eye of storm, on Wednesday claimed that no irregularities have been committed and that no rules or norms violated in the allotment of land to the close relatives of ministers and elected representatives of the ruling alliance in Bihar.
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According to its Managing Director, Ms Anshuli Arya, no rules were flouted or changed by BIADA to favour anyone. “They are all our entrepreneurs and we don’t differentiate between them. I will not say anything more than this as I have to submit a report to the chief secretary in this regard.”
She refused to give details on the period of allotment and the ground on which the wards of politicians and bureaucrats were allotted plots in the different industrial areas across the state.
The MD said BIADA had never followed the tendering process. It is, rather, given on the basis of first come, first served after getting the approval from the Project Clearance Committee (PCC) which examines the viability of the detailed project report.
Meanwhile, RJD’s national general secretary and MP Ram Kripal Yadav has sought probe by an independent agency to ascertain whether all the norms were followed while allotting the plots in industrial areas, particularly when the applications were made and when the plots were allotted.
Senior Congress leader Prem Chandra Mishra, who once even moved court in this regard, said that BIADA, in an affidavit in the Supreme Court in June 2007, had submitted that allotments in future would be made through auction/bidding after taking out proper advertisements. Now, the government has made a departure from its affidavit to favour those in power.
He termed the government’s decision to conduct a probe by the Chief Secretary as ridiculous. How can it be possible for a senior government official to make inquiries or give his opinion against ministers of the government?
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