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Before Modi banned Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes BJP was busy investing in real estate
ATUL CHAURASIA AND SUHAS MUNSHI@catchnews | Updated on: 25 November
2016, 11:26 IST
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation
policy, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bought land worth crores of
rupees.
The party, in power at the Centre, bought several land parcels in
Bihar up to the first week of November. And on 8 November Modi
announced the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
Catch accessed deeds of at least 10 such property transactions done by
BJP functionaries in Bihar for the party. Some of them were even
bought on behalf of BJP President Amit Shah.
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Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation
policy, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bought land worth crores of
rupees.
The party, in power at the Centre, bought several land parcels in
Bihar up to the first week of November. And on 8 November Modi
announced the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
Catch accessed deeds of at least 10 such property transactions done by
BJP functionaries in Bihar for the party. Some of them were even
bought on behalf of BJP President Amit Shah.
The BJP bought land in Katihar.
Sanjeev Chaurasia, member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from
Digha, was among the senior party functionaries who bought the land
parcels. According to him, such purchases were not limited to Bihar,
but in other states as well.
"Sab jagah khareeda jaa raha tha... Bihar ke saath aur jagah bhi
khareeda jaa raha hai... Hum log to sirf signatory authority hi hain
paisa to party ki taraf se aaya tha... saari zameein khareedi hain...
party karyalay ke liye aur anya kaamo ke liye... November 1st week tak
zameein khareedi hain."
("Land was being bought everywhere... In other places too, along with
Bihar... We are merely the signatory authority; the money came from
the party... the plots were bought for building party offices and
other purposes. They were bought up to the first week of November.")
When asked whether the properties were bought in cash or cheque,
Chaurasia replied 'alag alag tareeke se paisa aata hai' (Money was
sent in different formats).
Based on Chaurasia's admission that land was bought by party
representatives throughout Bihar as well as the country, and the deed
documents, it is clear that BJP went on a property buying spree in a
planned and phased manner.
Land was acquired in cities and towns such as Madhubani, Katihar,
Madhepura, Lakhisarai, Kishanganj and Arwal.
The size of the plots acquired ranged from 250 sq feet to about half
an acre. Their values range between Rs 8 lakh to Rs 1.16 crore. The
costliest land parcel was bought at Rs 1,100 per sq feet.
The BJP bought land in Saharsa in Bihar.
But most interesting are the persons themselves to whom the plots have
been transferred.
'National President, Bhartiya Janta Party Through Sanjeev Chaurasia,
Gen Sec Bihar'. One property in this name has been bought for Rs 60.13
lakh in Lakhisarai.
Sanjeev Chaurasia - The general secretary of BJP's Bihar unit. The
address Chaurasia has given in the deed is 11 Ashoka Road - the
national headquarters of BJP.
Lal Babu Prasad - The vice-chairman of BJP's Bihar unit. His address
is - Village Arya Samaj Road Narkatiyaganj, PS - Narkatiyaganj, West
Champaran.
Dilip Kumar Jaiswal - The treasurer of BJP's Bihar unit. One of the
deeds mentions his address is as Purabpali Road, PS - district
Kisanganj. And another deed mentions his address as 11 Ashoka Road.
In some cases the claimant is BJP itself. And the address given is 11
Ashoka Road.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United)'s on Twitter
questioned the purchases and demanded a Supreme Court probe, alleging
that the BJP even paid in advance for construction material before
demonetisation kicked in.
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Janata Dal (United) @JanatadalU
#JDU demands Supreme Court monitored probe in large scale purchase of
land by @BJP4India & is leaders just before #DeMonetisation. #Notescam
7:11 PM - 24 Nov 2016
83 83 Retweets 39 39 likes
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Janata Dal (United) @JanatadalU
Just before declaration of #Demotization @BJP4India even paid in
advance for construction material for its offices in every district.
6:44 PM - 24 Nov 2016
41 41 Retweets 19 19 likes
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Watch this report how #BJP went about purchasing land on 19th
September in diff. districts of Bihar-3 weeks before #DeMonetisation
#NoteScam
8:33 PM - 24 Nov 2016
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Janata Dal (United) @JanatadalU
Just before declaration of #Demotization @BJP4India even paid in
advance for construction material for its offices in every district.
6:44 PM - 24 Nov 2016
41 41 Retweets 19 19 likes
One of the main reasons that Narendra Modi had given for his
demonetisation policy was to curb black money. It is a known fact, and
something that the party spokespersons have repeated several times
since the policy was announced, that a sizeable part of the black
money in India is parked in real estate.
The frequency with which these land parcels have been bought, in the
run up to Narendra Modi's November 8 announcement, coupled with the
admission by BJP's own state functionary, raises doubts about the
party's claim of secrecy about the demonetisation policy.
And this is not the first time that such issues of propriety have been
raised against the party. Three days after Modi announced his policy,
the Communist Party of India (Marxist) alleged that the BJP's Bengal
unit knew about demonetisation well before November 8 and had
deposited Rs 3 crore in banks in denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1000
notes.
With inputs from Santosh Singh, Kashish News
Edited by Joyjeet Das
First published: 25 November 2016, 3:07 IST
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