Oppn demands resignation of minister Abdul Sattar over land regularisation order

Opposition members in the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday demanded the resignation of minister Abdul Sattar while alleging an irregularity in ordering regularisation of the possession of land reserved for grazing in favour of a private person when he was a minister in the previous state governmentMembers of the opposition parties trooped into the Well of the House raised slogans disrupted the proceedings and sought Agriculture Minister Sattars resignationSattar had passed the order in June 2022 when he was the Minister of State for Revenue in the previous Uddhav Thackerayled Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentRaising the issue in the Assembly on Monday Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar alleged there were irregularities worth Rs 150 crore and Sattars land regularisation order was in clear violation of a court orderThe minister misused the post He should immediately resign If he doesnt resign then he should be sackediquest Pawar saidAlso Read Border row with Ktaka Maha will fight even for an inch of land says FadnavisThe Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader also alleged that the government machinery and money were being misused for Sillod Agriculture Festival to be held early next monthSilliod is Sattars constituencyThe Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court last week issued a notice to Sattar for ordering regularisation of the possession of land reserved for public gairan grazing in favour of a private person in the face of a civil court orderAs per the petition filed by social activist Shyam Deole and another person a public utility land meant for grazing measuring 37 acres was regularised in favour of a private personThis was done even after the claim of this private person had been rejected by the civil appellate court said the petitionerThe HC held that prima facie on the face of it Sattar passed the order with knowledge that additional district judge Washim had disallowed the claim of the private person for continuation of his possession over gairan landThe Washim court had even passed stinging remarks that said private person was certainly out to usurp the government land the HC notedThe high court will hear the matter further on January 11 2023Sattar was one of the 40 Shiv Sena MLAs who rebelled against the then Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray which led to the collapse of the MVA governmentHe is now the agriculture minister in the Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra governmentLast month Sattar faced flak from NCP workers who had alleged that he used objectionable language against NCP MP Supriya SuleThe minister had expressed regret if his comment hurt anyone but maintained he did not make any remark against Sule the daughter of NCP chief Sharad PawarOn Monday Ajit Pawar also raised the issue of the alleged remarks made by Sattar against SuleThe NCP members were particularly vociferous in demanding Sattars resignationDeputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he has not read the court order in the land dispute case iquestWe will take the information on itiquest he saidFormer chief minister Prithviraj Chavan Congress said this is a serious issue and Sattar should not be a part of the cabinetNCP leader Dilip WalsePatil demanded that a criminal compliant be registered against Sattar and a probe be conducted into the matterAjit Pawar also alleged that the government machinery and money were being misused for Sillod Agriculture Festival to be held early next monthFadnavis said the government will probe the issueThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever