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<blockquote data-quote="rajneesh madhok" data-source="post: 137475" data-attributes="member: 10692">CHANDIGARH&nbsp; SKYLINE IN DANGER: A TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION - IV
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; See who profited
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The list of beneficiaries of the Tata housing project reads like&nbsp; the who’s who of Punjab politics. Here’s the complete list and what&nbsp; they did to get there
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ruchika M. Khanna
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tribune News Service&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101120/ind5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Chandigarh, November 19&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The biggest money spinner in the region is the shrinking land in&nbsp; and around City Beautiful. Little wonder then that all big names in the&nbsp; real estate sector in the country want to get into this lucrative&nbsp; realty market, which in turn provides a perfect opportunity to local&nbsp; real estate agents, land aggregators and consolidators to make their&nbsp; millions by selling off land to the big daddies of the realty world. The Camelot project by Tata Housing Development&nbsp; Company (THDC) in Kansal is a perfect example of how the real estate&nbsp; business works in this region. It was a local real estate agent who&nbsp; approached the Tatas in 2006, and suggested that the Tatas join hands&nbsp; with the Punjab MLAs society, The Punjabi Cooperative House Building&nbsp; Society and Defence Services Society, to set up an integrated project in&nbsp; Chandigarh, adjacent to Sukhna Lake. This developer not just made his&nbsp; millions by getting the land consolidated for THDC and arranging the&nbsp; land deal, but is also one of the main brokers for selling the project&nbsp; to investors.&nbsp; The real&nbsp; estate development arm of Tatas, THDC, was roped in, allegedly with an&nbsp; assurance that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; since all bigwigs across the political spectrum-from the (then)&nbsp; ruling Congress to the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bhartiya Janata Party,&nbsp; the Bahujan Samaj Party and the CPI were members of the society, the&nbsp; project would have no problem in taking off and later the apartments&nbsp; would sell like hot cakes, considering proximity to Chandigarh. The Tatas were one of the four real estate&nbsp; developers to approach the MLAs society and the Defence Services&nbsp; Society, to get the 53 acre land jointly owned by the two societies. The&nbsp; plotting of the land was already done and in 2006 when the deal was&nbsp; being finalized, THDC was assured by the local real estate developer&nbsp; that the project site had a clear land title and had no legal&nbsp; incumberances. With the then bigwigs of the ruling Congress like Perneet&nbsp; Kaur, Congress MP and wife of then chief minister Amarinder Singh, MP&nbsp; Santosh Chaudhary, state ministers Avtar Henry , Tej Prakash Singh and&nbsp; Ramesh Chander Dogra, being members of the society, the project was&nbsp; envisaged as a sure shot hit. So even as the Congress lost power to the Akali- BJP&nbsp; combine in 2007, this new political leadership in the state had its own&nbsp; interest in ensuring the project remained on steam, as over half the&nbsp; members belonged to the SAD- BJP alliance.&nbsp; After all, each of these&nbsp; members was getting a four bedroom flat and Rs 82.50 lakh in cash. These&nbsp; include (now) deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh, ousted finance&nbsp; minister Manpreet Badal, local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia&nbsp; (incidentally, it is Kalia’s department that has given all clearances to&nbsp; the Camelot project and played around the rules to give it a legal&nbsp; status), ministers Gulzar Singh Ranike, Parminder Singh Dhindsa Vidhan&nbsp; Sabha speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon and deputy speaker Satpal Gosain. So&nbsp; even as the Congress lost power to the Akali- BJP combine in 2007, this&nbsp; new political leadership in the state had its own interest in ensuring&nbsp; the project remained on steam. After all, each of these members was&nbsp; getting a four bedroom flat and Rs 82.50 lakh in cash. As part of the joint development agreement&nbsp; signed between THDC, Hash Builders and the two above mentioned housing&nbsp; societies, THDC was to construct the property and make part payment to&nbsp; the high profile members of the two societies. Hash Builders, through&nbsp; its marketing arm, RMC Infrastructure, was to first sell the project to&nbsp; investors, and the advance thus obtained from these buyers was to be&nbsp; used to pay the balance money to the members of MLA society and Defence&nbsp; Services Society ( 260 members). THDC has reportedly paid two tranches&nbsp; to the MLA society members (a total of Rs 33 lakh to each member).&nbsp; At the time when Joint Development Agreement&nbsp; was signed between THDC, Hash Builders and RMC (India) Infrastructure&nbsp; Ltd, there was a ban on construction of high rise buildings in this&nbsp; region. Interestingly, this land was purchased by the two societies from&nbsp; the original land owners over a period of five years - from 1997- 2003.&nbsp; Some of the land that the society bought was actually a part of the&nbsp; village common land ( jumla mushtarka malkan). However, these&nbsp; politicians amended the by laws and got this land transferred in the&nbsp; name of the society. This amendment in laws also reportedly aided the&nbsp; Defence Services Society.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (To be concluded)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;table bgcolor=&quot;#fff9ea&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101120/ind4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&lt;/td&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/tr&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Complete list of Camelot beneficiaries&lt;/td&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/tr&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Originally, the society&nbsp; had 129 members. By the time the deal was made, the number of members&nbsp; had come down to 102. Here is the full list:Minister at Centre:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Preneet Kaur (Congress) Punjab Assembly: Speaker Vidhan Sabha Nirmal Singh&nbsp; Kahlon, Deputy Speaker Satpal Gosain, Former speaker Vidhan Sabha&nbsp; Charanjit Singh Atwal Members&nbsp; of Parliament (MP):&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Dr Rattan Singh Ajnala SAD, Balwinder Singh Bhundar SAD,&nbsp; Sher Singh (SAD) Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (SAD), Avinash Rai Khanna (BJP),&nbsp; Santosh Chowdhary (Congress)Chief&nbsp; Parliamentary Secretaries:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Nand Lal (SAD), Sarwan Singh Phillaur (SAD), Sohan Singh&nbsp; Thandal (SAD), Arunesh Kumar (BJP), Mohinder Kaur Josh (SAD)Ministers&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (SAD-BJP): Sukhbir Singh Badal, Dr Upinderjit Kaur, Master&nbsp; Mohan Lal, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Parminder Singh&nbsp; Dhindsa, Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Sucha Singh Langah,&nbsp; Swarna Ram, Tikshan Sood, Manoranjan KaliaMembers of Legislative Assembly&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (MLAs): SAD: Balbir Singh Bath, Balbir Singh Ghunas,&nbsp; Jatinder Singh Kariha, Sarabjit SinghBJP: Chuni Lal Bhagat, Jagdish Sawhney Congress:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Avtar Singh Brar Harmohinder Singh Pardhan, Om Parkash&nbsp; SoniFormer ministers:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SAD-BJP: Bibi Jagir Kaur, Balbir Singh Maini, Raja Narinder&nbsp; Singh, Ajaib Singh Mukhmailpura, Hari Singh Zira, Inderjit Singh Zira,&nbsp; Manpreet Singh Badal, Raghbir Singh, Ranjit Singh Balian, Tara Singh&nbsp; Ladal, Charanji Lal Garg, Nusrat Ali Khan, Sikander Singh Maluka,&nbsp; Satwant Kaur Sandhu, Baldev Raj Chawla, Balramji Dass Tandon, Madan&nbsp; Mohan Mittal, Surjit Kumar JayaniCongress: Jagjit Singh, Jasjit Singh, Satyapal&nbsp; Saini, Tej Parkash Singh, Avtar Henry, Late R.S. Puri, Romesh Chander&nbsp; DograFormer Members of&nbsp; Legislative Assembly:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SAD: Bagh Singh Malla, Late Bachan Singh Cheema, Gobind&nbsp; Singh Longowal, Harnirpal Singh, Inder Iqbal Singh, Inderjit Singh Zira,&nbsp; Jagtar Singh Rajla, Manmohan Singh Sathiala, Mantar Singh Brar,&nbsp; Paramjit Singh, Late Prem Singh Lalpura, Sukhwinder Singh Aulakh, Vir&nbsp; Singh Lapoke, Jagdish Kaur Dhillon, Late Gurdeep Singh BhullarCongress: Amrik Singh Dhillon, Kanwaljit&nbsp; Singh Lally, Shamsher Singh DulloBSP:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Satnam Singh Kainth, Shingara Ram SahungraCPI: Hardev Singh ArshiSAD:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Raj Mohinder Singh, Late Zora Singh Mann, Satwinder Kaur&nbsp; DhaliwalOthers:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ram Kumar Goel, Kanwar Jagdeep Singh, Balwant Singh,&nbsp; Gurdeep Singh Badal, Harbhajan Singh, Jasbir Singh Bhullar, Naib Singh,&nbsp; Tejinder Pal Singh, Charanjit Singh M.P., Mohit Garg, Balwinder Kaur,&nbsp; Gurmail Kaur, Harjit Kaur, Manjit Kaur, Manju Rinwa, Mukhtiar Kaur,&nbsp; Surjit Kaur<a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101120/main1.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101120/main1.htm</a>Rajneesh Madhok&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rajneesh madhok, post: 137475, member: 10692"] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B][COLOR=#ffffff]CHANDIGARH SKYLINE IN DANGER: A TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION - IV [/COLOR] [/B] [/SIZE][/FONT] [B] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4] See who profited [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3] The list of beneficiaries of the Tata housing project reads like the who’s who of Punjab politics. Here’s the complete list and what they did to get there [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] Ruchika M. Khanna Tribune News Service [/SIZE][/FONT] [/B] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101120/ind5.jpg[/IMG]Chandigarh, November 19 The biggest money spinner in the region is the shrinking land in and around City Beautiful. Little wonder then that all big names in the real estate sector in the country want to get into this lucrative realty market, which in turn provides a perfect opportunity to local real estate agents, land aggregators and consolidators to make their millions by selling off land to the big daddies of the realty world. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The Camelot project by Tata Housing Development Company (THDC) in Kansal is a perfect example of how the real estate business works in this region. It was a local real estate agent who approached the Tatas in 2006, and suggested that the Tatas join hands with the Punjab MLAs society, The Punjabi Cooperative House Building Society and Defence Services Society, to set up an integrated project in Chandigarh, adjacent to Sukhna Lake. This developer not just made his millions by getting the land consolidated for THDC and arranging the land deal, but is also one of the main brokers for selling the project to investors. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The real estate development arm of Tatas, THDC, was roped in, allegedly with an assurance that since all bigwigs across the political spectrum-from the (then) ruling Congress to the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bhartiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the CPI were members of the society, the project would have no problem in taking off and later the apartments would sell like hot cakes, considering proximity to Chandigarh. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The Tatas were one of the four real estate developers to approach the MLAs society and the Defence Services Society, to get the 53 acre land jointly owned by the two societies. The plotting of the land was already done and in 2006 when the deal was being finalized, THDC was assured by the local real estate developer that the project site had a clear land title and had no legal incumberances. With the then bigwigs of the ruling Congress like Perneet Kaur, Congress MP and wife of then chief minister Amarinder Singh, MP Santosh Chaudhary, state ministers Avtar Henry , Tej Prakash Singh and Ramesh Chander Dogra, being members of the society, the project was envisaged as a sure shot hit. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]So even as the Congress lost power to the Akali- BJP combine in 2007, this new political leadership in the state had its own interest in ensuring the project remained on steam, as over half the members belonged to the SAD- BJP alliance. After all, each of these members was getting a four bedroom flat and Rs 82.50 lakh in cash. These include (now) deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh, ousted finance minister Manpreet Badal, local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia (incidentally, it is Kalia’s department that has given all clearances to the Camelot project and played around the rules to give it a legal status), ministers Gulzar Singh Ranike, Parminder Singh Dhindsa Vidhan Sabha speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon and deputy speaker Satpal Gosain. So even as the Congress lost power to the Akali- BJP combine in 2007, this new political leadership in the state had its own interest in ensuring the project remained on steam. After all, each of these members was getting a four bedroom flat and Rs 82.50 lakh in cash. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]As part of the joint development agreement signed between THDC, Hash Builders and the two above mentioned housing societies, THDC was to construct the property and make part payment to the high profile members of the two societies. Hash Builders, through its marketing arm, RMC Infrastructure, was to first sell the project to investors, and the advance thus obtained from these buyers was to be used to pay the balance money to the members of MLA society and Defence Services Society ( 260 members). THDC has reportedly paid two tranches to the MLA society members (a total of Rs 33 lakh to each member). [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]At the time when Joint Development Agreement was signed between THDC, Hash Builders and RMC (India) Infrastructure Ltd, there was a ban on construction of high rise buildings in this region. Interestingly, this land was purchased by the two societies from the original land owners over a period of five years - from 1997- 2003. Some of the land that the society bought was actually a part of the village common land ( jumla mushtarka malkan). However, these politicians amended the by laws and got this land transferred in the name of the society. This amendment in laws also reportedly aided the Defence Services Society. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] (To be concluded)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] <table bgcolor="#fff9ea" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> [CENTER][IMG]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101120/ind4.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> [CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Complete list of Camelot beneficiaries[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER] </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Originally, the society had 129 members. By the time the deal was made, the number of members had come down to 102. Here is the full list:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Minister at Centre: [/B]Preneet Kaur (Congress) [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Punjab Assembly: [/B]Speaker Vidhan Sabha Nirmal Singh Kahlon, Deputy Speaker Satpal Gosain, Former speaker Vidhan Sabha Charanjit Singh Atwal [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Members of Parliament (MP): [/B]Dr Rattan Singh Ajnala SAD, Balwinder Singh Bhundar SAD, Sher Singh (SAD) Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (SAD), Avinash Rai Khanna (BJP), Santosh Chowdhary (Congress)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Chief Parliamentary Secretaries: [/B]Nand Lal (SAD), Sarwan Singh Phillaur (SAD), Sohan Singh Thandal (SAD), Arunesh Kumar (BJP), Mohinder Kaur Josh (SAD)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Ministers (SAD-BJP): [/B]Sukhbir Singh Badal, Dr Upinderjit Kaur, Master Mohan Lal, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Sucha Singh Langah, Swarna Ram, Tikshan Sood, Manoranjan Kalia[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs): [/B]SAD: Balbir Singh Bath, Balbir Singh Ghunas, Jatinder Singh Kariha, Sarabjit Singh[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]BJP:[/B] Chuni Lal Bhagat, Jagdish Sawhney [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Congress: [/B] Avtar Singh Brar Harmohinder Singh Pardhan, Om Parkash Soni[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Former ministers: [/B]SAD-BJP: Bibi Jagir Kaur, Balbir Singh Maini, Raja Narinder Singh, Ajaib Singh Mukhmailpura, Hari Singh Zira, Inderjit Singh Zira, Manpreet Singh Badal, Raghbir Singh, Ranjit Singh Balian, Tara Singh Ladal, Charanji Lal Garg, Nusrat Ali Khan, Sikander Singh Maluka, Satwant Kaur Sandhu, Baldev Raj Chawla, Balramji Dass Tandon, Madan Mohan Mittal, Surjit Kumar Jayani[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Congress:[/B] Jagjit Singh, Jasjit Singh, Satyapal Saini, Tej Parkash Singh, Avtar Henry, Late R.S. Puri, Romesh Chander Dogra[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Former Members of Legislative Assembly: [/B]SAD: Bagh Singh Malla, Late Bachan Singh Cheema, Gobind Singh Longowal, Harnirpal Singh, Inder Iqbal Singh, Inderjit Singh Zira, Jagtar Singh Rajla, Manmohan Singh Sathiala, Mantar Singh Brar, Paramjit Singh, Late Prem Singh Lalpura, Sukhwinder Singh Aulakh, Vir Singh Lapoke, Jagdish Kaur Dhillon, Late Gurdeep Singh Bhullar[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Congress:[/B] Amrik Singh Dhillon, Kanwaljit Singh Lally, Shamsher Singh Dullo[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]BSP: [/B] Satnam Singh Kainth, Shingara Ram Sahungra[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]CPI: [/B] Hardev Singh Arshi[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]SAD: [/B] Raj Mohinder Singh, Late Zora Singh Mann, Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Others: [/B] Ram Kumar Goel, Kanwar Jagdeep Singh, Balwant Singh, Gurdeep Singh Badal, Harbhajan Singh, Jasbir Singh Bhullar, Naib Singh, Tejinder Pal Singh, Charanjit Singh M.P., Mohit Garg, Balwinder Kaur, Gurmail Kaur, Harjit Kaur, Manjit Kaur, Manju Rinwa, Mukhtiar Kaur, Surjit Kaur[/SIZE][/FONT] [url]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101120/main1.htm[/url] Rajneesh Madhok </td></tr></tbody></table> [/QUOTE]

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