The public exchequer will not lose any money in the takeover of the Cheruvally estate in Pathanamthitta, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
Asked about Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran’s allegation that the takeover was a land scam, Mr. Vijayan said on Tuesday that the modalities of repossessing the land were under way.
At a press conference here, Mr. Sudheeran had said the government had decided to purchase the land at massive cost from private persons ignoring cautionary reports filed by several agencies that the property belonged to the State.
At least two commissions and inquiries by the Crime Branch and the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau had shone the light on how the questionable “owners” of the land had come into its possession fraudulently.
