Charges over my family’s land aimed at creating sensation: Himachal CM

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today said that false allegations were being levelled against his family regarding land acquired by the Jal Shakti Department only to create sensation.

He said that the Jal Shakti Department took over land from his family for building a percolation tank during the BJP regime and Rs 18 lakh was provided through a court order though its value was estimated at Rs 2 crore.

To the allegations levelled by Hamirpur MLA Ashish Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said that an attempt was being made to link the Chief Minister and his family to the land taken over by the Jal Shakti Department. “It was after receiving a court notice on December 16, 2021, that the department realised the land on which the tank was made belonged to the Chief Minister’s family,” he added.

About illegal mining allegations, Industry Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan said that following the rain disaster last year, 28 stone crushers were given permission to sell mined sand and gravel to make building material available to people.