Previous govts indulged in business of illegally acquiring lands: CM

Chandigarh, March 17

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday alleged that the previous governments in the state indulged in the business of illegally acquiring lands with ulterior motive.

After laying the foundation stone for elevated railway tracks at Patel Nagar in Rohtak, he said the priority of the BJP government in the state is to provide maximum facilities to the people by implementing projects involving vertical expansion and less use of land.

The chief minister said residents of nearby villages were against acquisition of land for this bypass railway tracks.

Keeping this in mind, no new land was acquired and the project would be developed on the land already in use, Khattar said.

"The previous governments indulged in the business of illegally acquiring lands with ulterior motives and with the intent of having their own cut," he alleged.

"Their illegal and corrupt ways of land acquisition are now coming to recoil on them and are adding to their woes," Khattar was quoted as saying in an official release.

Notably, Rohtak was considered as the bastion of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Exemplary works are being done in the field of water conservation and environment, he said. PTI