Govt alleges hsg scam by DMK regime

Govt alleges hsg scam by DMK regime
26 august 2011, toi, chennai edition, page no.6


Allocations Will Be Cancelled: Min


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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu housing and urban development minister R Vaithilingam on Friday alleged that former DMK ministers, police officials and party functionaries had caused huge loss to the state ex-chequer while purchasing houses and land across the state under a government scheme.
He said a total of 300 houses of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board meant for government employees had been converted as housing projects under the public quota and allocated to family members of DMK chief M Karunanidhi and his loyalists. The minister assured the assembly that a probe would be conducted to identify these allocations. He said such allotments would be cancelled and houses will re-allotted to government employees.
Based on the housing board’s replies to RTI queries of an activist, the media published details of irregularities in the allocation of houses and plots under the Government Discretionary Quota (GDQ). Activists moved the high court against the alleged illegal allotments. In July, under the AIADMK government, the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption registered a case against former state intelligence chief ADGP MS Jaffar Sait, his wife and daughter, and raided premises belonging to him and his associates, who included the son of governor SS Barnala and son of Karunanidhi’s former political secretary K Rajamanickam.
The minister said that DMK bigwigs, including former minister Arcot Veerasamy and K Ponmudi, illegally purchased TNHB land at low costs, violating the rules. The minister alleged that the DMK government had allotted four plots meant for low income group to Sait, who had constructed a building and sold it illegally.
A HIG plot at a Sholinganallur housing project was allocated to MK Alagiri’s son Durai Alagiri, who has been referred to as a social worker, the housing minister said.
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