Govt will probe irregularities in land allotment to Ramdev trust: Virbhadra

Himachal Pradesh Government would conduct a probe into alleged irregularities in allotment of land to Baba Ramdev’s trust near Sadhupul in Solan district, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said.

The erstwhile BJP government had given 20 acres (96.5 bighas) of land at Kehlog village along the Kandaghat-Chail highway to Ramdev’s trust on 99 years’ lease in 2010 for Rs 17.31 lakh for setting up an herbal garden and a branch of Patanjali Yogpeeth.

After the Congress government came to power in December 2012, it ordered revocation of the land lease on February 19, 2013 and asked the revenue authorities to take possession of the land within three days.

Now, the government has come to know that a different piece of land was identified and no objection certificate (NOC) was given for the same but actually another piece of land was given in the vicinity without seeking a fresh NOC and a vigilance probe would be ordered to fix the responsibility of the officials involved in the process of granting lease, the Chief Minister said.