09-07-2007, 09:20 PM
Remember all the land for agriculture scams where people like Amitab and Amir Khan got into hot soup on land purchase.
Look who goes shopping. And note the special twisting of laws here.
Priyanka - HP land purchase
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shimla: Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is all set to have an abode in the âQueen of Hillsâ with the Himachal Pradesh Government granting her permission to purchase land near Charabbra on the outskirts of Shimla.
<span style='color:red'>The Revenue Department has given Priyanka permission to acquire land by giving relaxation in section 118 of the Land Reforms and Tenancy Act, which bars non-agriculturists from buying agricultural land in the state, official sources said here on Friday. </span>The Revenue Department after perusing her application for purchase of land has given her a go-ahead, the sources added. The site selected by Priyanka is near Retreat, where Rashtrapati Niwas is located on the valley side below the Kalyani helipad, about 11 km from the town
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The ruling Congress government took just <b>less than a fortnight to grant its approval </b>as required under Section 118 of the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act. Priyanka G. Vadara moved the application bearing her signature, seeking sanction under Section 118, on July 31.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Look who goes shopping. And note the special twisting of laws here.
Priyanka - HP land purchase
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shimla: Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is all set to have an abode in the âQueen of Hillsâ with the Himachal Pradesh Government granting her permission to purchase land near Charabbra on the outskirts of Shimla.
<span style='color:red'>The Revenue Department has given Priyanka permission to acquire land by giving relaxation in section 118 of the Land Reforms and Tenancy Act, which bars non-agriculturists from buying agricultural land in the state, official sources said here on Friday. </span>The Revenue Department after perusing her application for purchase of land has given her a go-ahead, the sources added. The site selected by Priyanka is near Retreat, where Rashtrapati Niwas is located on the valley side below the Kalyani helipad, about 11 km from the town
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The ruling Congress government took just <b>less than a fortnight to grant its approval </b>as required under Section 118 of the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act. Priyanka G. Vadara moved the application bearing her signature, seeking sanction under Section 118, on July 31.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->