Land allotment: A continuing scandal

The story of the 28 plots allotted in Uttar Pradesh in 2005 by the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav appears to be another textbook case of how state governments use their discretionary powers in land allotment to give great deals on prime property to politicians and government officials, and their cronies and families. As this paper has reported, the allottees included current Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s father-in-law, the state revenue minister’s wife, the CM’s secretary and several IAS and IPS officers.

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