Anomalies in land acquisition for Gorakhpur corridor: SP chief
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav
on Saturday alleged irregularities in the acquisition of land for the heritage corridor being built in Gorakhpur.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, he demanded that the land compensation for the heritage corridor be determined based on market value rather than consent-based agreements.
The SP chief alleged that "govt is forcibly getting traders and residents to sign the consent letter by putting pressure through the administration and police so that they do not have to pay more compensation."
"If the people of Gorakhpur speak up and reveal the secrets, then instead of a heritage (virasat) corridor, a custody (hirasat) corridor will have to be built there," he said.
Akhilesh claimed there were irregularities in land acquisition for other heritage projects also due to which the BJP had to face electoral reverses in these areas.
"This is not just about one district, but the whole state. In this game, a few BJP leaders benefit while the public is being cheated," he said.
He said this was the reason why "BJP lost in Ayodhya and narrowly escaped defeat in Varanasi in LS polls. Now it's the turn of Mathura and Gorakhpur".
The SP chief alleged that BJP workers, in the presence of police, blocked roads and threw eggs and stones at vehicles of an SP delegation that went to Gorakhpur on June 25.
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Calling the bulldozer a symbol of injustice, he asked SP workers not to be afraid of "bulldozer, eggs or black flags".
Instead of the "fake heritage corridor", a corridor of development will be built when the SP govt will comes to office, he said.
Targeting CM Yogi Adityanath, he said, "Think, he's building the heritage corridor now, when he's down to his last budget...." "If he truly wanted to do something for Gorakhpur, he should remember his first announcement... that he will build a metro (metro rail service) in Gorakhpur along with Jhansi," he said.
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