As Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for the new Maharashtra BJP headquarters in South Mumbai Monday, Opposition parties claimed that the plot in question is a disputed property given on a 99-year lease to the Maharashtra State Housing Finance Corporation.

The Opposition has alleged that the property was purchased by a private builder without renewing its lease and was later sold to the BJP to construct its new headquarters. Responding to the allegations, a BJP office-bearer said the party had followed all legal processes to acquire the land.

Lease not renewed: Rohit Pawar

Speaking about the issue, Opposition Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar said, “We have information that the land for the BJP office where the foundation stone is being laid in M

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