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Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi has made a commission headed by retired Supreme Court Justice M.B.Shah to investigate some allegations against him pointed out by opposition Congress party. State government’s spokespersons Shri Jaynarayan Vyas and Saurabh Patel said that “This commission will look into the charges made by opposition Congress party in memorandum that was given to the President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil few days back”.

Spokespersosn added that “State government is working transparently and it has created an example by formation of such commission voluntarily on its own. This commission will check the comparision between post sops given to different industries after 1980 and sops given to industries by other state governments in India. The commission will be formed under Commission of inquiry act 1952. All issues raised by Congess party against present state government in a memorandum submitted to the Smt. Pratibha Patil are covered under the proposed probe commission. However two issues are presently subjuidice. Therefore the commission will actually look into other issues. The commission will submit a report by 31st March, 2012 to state government.

These are the charges to be investigated by proposed commission:

– Allotment of land at negligible cost to industries in Gandhinagar.
– Rs. 33K crore concessions to Tata Nano car project.
– Allotment of Mundra port and Mundra SEZ land to Adani.
– Allotment of Navsari Agricultural University’s prime land to M/s Chhatrala group of hotels without public auction.
– Approval of construction and illegal allotment of forest land and coastal regulation zone to Essar group.
– A large land in Kutch allegedly allotted to BJP leader Shri Venkaiyah Naidu for salt chemicals company in border area of Kutch.
– Allotment of land at prime location on Ahmedabad’s Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway to Bharat Hotels ltd.
– Land allotments to various industries and industrialists to establish industrial units near major cities.
– Allotment of land at prime location to L&T company near Surat’s Hazira without auction.
– Cattle feed scam.
– Nutrition fortified blended food scam in Anganwadis.
– Gujarat State Petroleum related charges.
– Charges related to use of Luxury jet, aircraft and chopper belonging to industrial houses by the Chief Minister.
– Charges of corruption in Sujalam Sufalam water distribution project.
– Charges of direct involvement of state Revenue minister’s office and Chief Minister’s office leaving all laws aside in purchase and sale of Kutch district’s 36.25 acre agricultural land to Mumbai based Indigold refinery.