Ashok chavan | who is Ashok chavan | Adarsh Society scam

ashok chavan | who is ashok chavan | adarsh society scam

New delhi: maharashtra chief minister ashok chavan met congress president sonia gandhi in new delhi today over the controversy surrounding mumbai’s adarsh society scam.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, chavan said he has offered to resign and has left it to sonia gandhi to take the final decision.
He landed in the capital in the morning. On friday, he was asked to come to delhi by the congress high command – a clear indication that his explanation at a press group discussion on the controversy was not sufficient. (read: chavan summoned to delhi to meet sonia gandhi)
Earlier in the day, sonia gandhi held interviews with senior party leaders including surroundings minister jairam ramesh, political secretary to congress president ahmed patel, aicc ordinary secretary janardhan dwivedi and union minister prithviraj chavan, who as well hails from maharashtra. Chavan is as well said to have met ahmed patel before meeting sonia gandhi.
On friday, chavan had denied allegations that he helped his relatives get flats in mumbai’s controversial adarsh society.
The 31-storey high-rise in colaba has become the catchment area for a monumental political controversy. It was entailed to be employed to provide to a great extent-discounted housing for war widows and veterans. Instead, the welcome sign might as well read “vvips live here. ”
Previous army chiefs, politicians and bureaucrats have all been allotted flats here for a fraction of the market rate. Records show that two members of chavan’s family – he describes them as distant relatives – are between the 104 persons allotted flats in the adarsh society. However, he stressed that they haven’t taken possession of these flats and are willing to return them.
“i want to make it clear that when you mean family, it is meaning my wife and kids. Beyond this there is no question of family. Whether or not there are long distance relatives and they have, in their own ability, approached the society to get those flats, and they’re entitled for it, what’s the ground for refusing the flats to them? I don’t want to defend any of that but that is their person call. The media reports claiming my relatives have taken possession of 4-5 flats is wholly untrue. None of my relatives have taken direct possession of any of the flats,” the maharashtra chief minister said.
Any allegations that he influenced the allotment of flats, chavan says, are politically motivated.
“when the government was asked for the land, i wasn’t the revenue minister, nor was i the chief minister,” said chavan.
That’s a claim few will buy. In 1999-2000, when the file was being processed, he was the revenue minister, a section that deals with land allotments in the state. And when the project got its final clearance by the mumbai metropolitan county development authority (mmrda), he is chief minister, and the mmrda reports to him.
Asked whether or not he felt he must step down while the cbi inquiry was on, chavan said “there is no such (sic) need. Each and everyday something or the other goes on in politics. I’ve been in politics for 40-45 years, one faces difficulties. ”
“no decision has been taken below inducement,” chavan replied to a query. “action ought to be taken against those offering inducement,” he added.
Chavan says he has asked the mmrda to revoke occupancy certificate granted for the building till ministry of surroundings and forest (moef) gives its clearance.
The navy had lately opposed the granting of the certificate, citing security concerns. “the land belongs to the state government, based on the collector’s records. Revenue section land granted to the society as per gr of 9. 7. 1999,” chavan said.
The cbi is now investigating the scam. Stung by allegations that senior army officials were portion of a confederacy to grab flats they were not entitled for, the army has announced its own inquiry.
Adarsh society: who played what role
* 2001: adarsh society got letter of intent when vilasrao deshmukh was cm
* 2004: adarsh society allotted land when sushil kumar shinde was cm
* ashok chavan was revenue minister when adarsh society was allotted land
* adarsh society got massive sops after 2004
* adarsh society got job certificate lately from chavan govt
Referance:- http://www. Ndtv. Com/article/india/adarsh-society-scam-ashok-chavan-offers-to-resign-63386

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