NCP: BJP leaders involved in Serula comunidade scam (Herald)

December 14, 2013 PANJIM: The Nationalist Congress Party on Friday alleged involvement of BJP leaders and office bearers in the Serula comunidade land allotment scam which it opined could run over Rs 35,000crore. It also reiterated its demand for setting up of commission headed by retired High Court Judge to investigate land allotments by the Serula comunidade for the last 25 years. “I won’t be surprised if tomorrow investigation reveals the names of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s kith and kin,” NCP spokesman told media persons. NCP alleged that the commission needs to be set up especially to check the 'fraudulent' land allotment to state tourism minister Dilip Parulekar. “He (Parulekar) is not the only BJP leader involved in the scam. Several former and present BJP MLAs and office bearers have purchased land for residential purposes and converted the same for commercial use,” he alleged. NCP, last week had slammed the cabinet decision to appoint officers on special duty (OSD) to comunidades as an attempt by the government ‘to take over and saffronize’ the village communities. Meanwhile, NCP has condemned BJP’s nationwide ‘unity run’ held to create awareness and spread information on Sardar Vallabhai Patel's monument 'Statue of Unity' stating that ‘the move is basically to raise funds for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections’. The NCP spokesman questioned as to why Narendra Modi, who has been Gujarat Chief Minister for past 10 years, never thought of spreading awareness about Patel all these years, alleging that this move is nothing but an attempt to fool people of Goa and to raise funds for Lok sabha polls in the name of Sardar Patel. http://www.heraldgoa.in/News/Local%20News/NCP-BJP-leaders-involved-in-Serula-comunidade-scam/83163.html