Congress Seeks Judicial Probe Into MP's Ujjain Land Deals Inked to CM Mohan Yadav's Family
Records show the family bought 137 plots worth Rs 45 crore, with 111 acres near road projects and land-use changes.
- On Tuesday, Madhya Pradesh Congress demanded Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's resignation after The Indian Express investigation revealed his family acquired 168 acres in Ujjain since December 2023.
- The report found 111 acres of these purchases lie adjacent to new road projects announced by Yadav's government, with family holdings overlapping zones where land use changed under the Ujjain Master Plan.
- State Congress president Jitu Patwari termed the alleged land scam the "loot of Mahakal land," demanding a judicial inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge into how family ownership swelled to 335 acres.
- Defending the transactions, officials noted the family's real estate involvement predates Yadav's political rise, while relatives asserted that limiting scrutiny to the immediate family would reveal "nothing major."
- With plans to raise the issue in the assembly, Leader of the Opposition Umang Singhar remarked that if the chief minister is involved in corruption, ministers are bound to follow.
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MP CM mapped Ujjain's roads, his family mapped the plots: Report
Since Mohan Yadav took charge as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister in December 2023, his family members and their real estate companies have collectively purchased at least 137 plots, totalling 168 acre, for Rs 45 crore. Most of them along road corridors announced by his own government or in areas reclassified for development under the Ujjain Master Plan 2035. This is the finding of a multi-part investigation by The Indian Express (IE), based on lan…
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