QUESTIONS TO MR. MAYANK GANDHI ON REMAKING OF MUMBAI FEDEARTATIO(ROMF)
POINT:
MAYANK GANDHI SAYS THAT IN 2007 WE FORMED A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED THE REMAKING OF MUMBAI, HEADED BY JUSTICE BHAGWATI AND NARAYAN MURTHY AND EX-MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER GIRISH GOKHALE AND MANY OTHER PROMINENT PERSONALITIES.
Q1) WHY MOST OF THE PERSONALITIES DENY THAT THEY GAVE THEIR CONSENT TO ROMF?
Q2) WHO WAS FUNDING THE NGO ROMF AND WHY?
POINT:
MAYANK GANDHI QUOTES: "THERE IS A NEED FOR CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA, AND WE CHANGED SOME OF ITS POLICIES. WE HAVE BROUGHT IN THE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT IN THE NEW HOUSING POLICY IN 2007, AND WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SOME WAY IN DRAFTING THE 33(9) THE [SECTION WHICH DEALS WITH] CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME."
Q3) WHY WERE GOVERNMENT OFFICERS GIVING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MR. MAYANK GANDHI? AND WHAT WAS SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT OR FAVORS EXCHANGED BY ROMF IN THE BARGAIN?
POINT:
MAYANK GANDHI QUOTES: " WE TOOK 233 ACRES, WHICH CONSISTED OF 2,200 BUILDINGS. WITHIN THAT, WE TOOK A 30-ACRE PIECE, WHICH CONSISTED OF 372 BUILDINGS. THAT IS WHY WE WERE THE FORERUNNERS, AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK. WE ARE WORKING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CHIRA BAZAAR AREA. THIS INVOLVES PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES AND THE CONSENT OF TENANTS; A LETTER OF INTENT IS TO BE ISSUED TO ANYONE WHO BRINGS IN 70% OF EITHER. TODAY, WE HAVE MORE THAN 80% CONSENT OF THE TENANTS. SO WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE LETTER OF INTENT, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE HIGH-POWERED COMMITTEE."
Q4) HOW THEY GOT 30 ACRES PLOT WHICH CONSISTED OF 372 BUILDINGS? UNDER WHICH COMPANY THEY ACQUIRE THIS LAND? HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SPENT? WAS ORIGINAL LEGALLY DRAFTED AFFIDAVIT OF 80 % TENANTS CONSENT SUBMITTED TO THE HIGH POWERED COMMITTEE? WHY NO TENDER WAS FLOATED BY THE GOVT.? (MR. MILIND DEORA HAD RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH THE GOVT.)
POINT:
THERE WAS AN OBJECTION BY LOCAL TENANTS, TRADERS AND SHOPKEEPERS AND THEY FORMED "FORUM FOR PROTECTION OF TRADE & RESIDENCE OF 'C' WARD" WAS FORMED TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF TENANTS, SHOP KEEPER AND TRADERS AND ALSO LANDLORDS OF THAT AREA WHO WERE PART OF PROPERTIES OWNERS' ASSOCIATION (POA) PASSED A RESOLUTION, OBJECTING TO "ANYONE INTERMEDDLING WITH THEIR PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THE 'REMAKING OF MUMBAI FEDERATION', WHICH PROPOSED A PILOT PROJECT FOR CLUSTER REDEVELOPMENT OF DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS. THEY ALLEGED THAT THE REMAKING OF MUMBAI FEDERATION AND OTHERS IS AN EXERCISE TO PRESSURIZE THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH MHADA/ MCGM, TO HANDOVER PRIVATE PROPERTIES FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND SNATCH WHICH WOULD BE ENTIRELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VIOLATION OF THE OWNER'S RIGHT INTERALIA TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROPERTY. THIS IS A MOVE TO DEPRIVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THEIR VALUABLE PROPERTIES RUNNING INTO CRORES OF RUPEES FOR A PITTANCE AND TO FILL THE COFFERS OF THE DEVELOPER.
Q5) WHY LANDLORD AND TENANTS OF THAT AREA WAS WAS NOT TAKEN IN TO CONFIDENCE?
POINT:
SEVERAL PROMINENT PERSONALITIES INCLUDING SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR AND JUSTICE BHAGWATI , DEEPAK PAREKH AND MANY OTHERS WERE MADE ITS PATRONS.
Q6) WAS THEIR WRITTEN CONSENT TAKEN BEFORE PUBLISHING THEIR NAMES IN NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AND POSTERS AND IN MEETINGS?
POINT:
MAYANK GANDHI QUOTES: "THERE IS NO CORRUPTION, THERE IS NO MONEY, THERE IS NO PURCHASE OF LAND AND SALE OF LAND, WHERE IS CORRUPTION?"
Q7) HOW ROMF PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED? AND IF THERE IS NO CORRUPTION THEN HOW THE ROMF PROPOSAL WAS PASSED OR ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE? WERE THERE NO FAVORS EXCHANGED?
WE ALL KNOW THAT, NO BUILDER OR DEVELOPER IN INDIA CAN MOVE A FILE WITHOUT GIVING PERSONAL FAVOR OR ANY UNDER HAND DEALINGS. HOWEVER POLICIES WERE CHANGED TO FACILITATE ROMF TO DEVELOP AND ROMF IN RETURN GAVE IT TO THEIR OWN FAMILY COMPANY TO DEVELOP? WHY?
WAS THERE ANY PURCHASE OR ANY AGREEMENT MADE BY REMAKING OF FEDERATION (ROMF) IN A DIFFERENT NAME? WHY?
POINT:
THE STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RAPPED THE CIVIC HIGH-POWERED COMMITTEE FOR NOT EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE, WHILE CLEARING THE REMAKING OF MUMBAI FEDERATION (ROMF)'S AMBITIOUS 29-ACRE CLUSTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. IT HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS FORWARDED TO THE STATE WITHOUT ENSURING IRREVOCABLE CONSENT FROM TENANTS AND LANDLORDS ON STAMP PAPER.
Q8) IS IT TRUE THAT INITIALLY, HIGH POWERED COMMITTEE CLEARED THIS PROJECT OF 30 ACRES OF LAND IN THE CHIRA BAZAR AREA?
Q9) WHAT WAS A "SECRET DEAL" WAS IT DONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR ROMF? NO DEVELOPER OR BUILDER IN MUMBAI GET TO CLEAR ANY FILE WITHOUT ANY FAVOR ITS A KNOWN FACT. HOW ROMF WAS GIVEN A SUCH SPECIAL TREATMENT BY HIGH POWERED COMMITTEE?IS IT TRUE THAT THE MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT EVENTUALLY SCRAPPED THE PROJECT AND ORDERED FOR AN INVESTIGATION AGAINST LOK GROUP AND THE NGO?
Q10) APPLICATION FOR UNDERTAKING THE CHIRA BAZAR CLUSTER REDEVELOPMENT WAS MADE IN THE NAME OF REMAKING OF MUMBAI HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE LTD (ROMHIFL) WHILE THE SANCTION FOR THE PROPOSAL WAS SOUGHT IN THE NAME OF REMAKING OF MUMBAI UNITY DEVELOPERS LTD (ROMUDL) IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF ROMF THEN?
POINT:
MAYANK GANDHI IN HIS POSTERS AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES HAD CERTIFICATE OF CHIEF MINISTER OF MAHARASHTRA, LATE SHRI VILASRAO DESHMUKH,NCPS SHRI SHARAD PAWAR AND SHRI R.R.PATIL, BJP'S GOPINATH MUNDE,RAJ PUROHIT AND SMT.JAWANTIBEN MEHTA, SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR, NANA CHUDASAMA AND OTHER PROMINENT PERSONALITIES.
Q11) WHAT WAS THE IDEA OF DISPLAYING POSTERS AND ADS SHOWING THAT ROMF HAD A BLESSING OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES AND PROMINENT PERSONALITIES?
Q12) WHAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN 'REMAKING OF MUMBAI HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINANCE LTD' (ROMHIF),REMAKING OF MUMBAI FEDERATION(ROMF) AND 'REMAKING OF MUMBAI DEVELOPMENT LTD(ROMD) AND LOK HOUSING LTD.? HOW ROMF WHICH WAS A NO PROFIT NO LOSS NGO PASSED BENEFIT TO THEIR OWN FAMILY COMPANIES OF ROMHIF AND ROMD?
Q13) IF THE NGO ROMF DID THE GROUND WORK FOR CHIRA BAZAAR CLUSTER REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR 3 YEARS ROUND THE CLOCK, THEN WHY ROMHIF AND LOK HOUSING ARE PAID RS 10 CR?
Q14) WHY IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROMHIF AND UNITY DEVELOPERS (UDRL) ON RS 100/- STAMP PAPER? WHY REQUISITE STAMP DUTY OF 5% OF VALUE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES/LAND/DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IS NOT PAID ON THIS AGREEMENT WHICH IS IN THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT?
Point: Normally as per expert when such agreements are made and submitted to the authority stamp duty has to be paid on 30 acres of land which according to the expert it amounts to 120 crores on a value of 2500 crores as per ready reckoner rate.
Why it was made only 100 Rs stamp paper?
Q15) SINCE LOK HOUSING LTD (AS PER DIRECTORS REPORT) HAS 49% STAKE IN THE HOLDING COMPANY ROMD FOR ROMHIF, WHICH ENTITIES/PERSONS HAVE BALANCE 51% STAKE?
POINT:
ALL NAME STARTS WITH 'REMAKING OF MUMBAI'? WHICH MEANS NGO WAS ONLY HAD A WASTED COMMERCIAL INTEREST TO FAVOR THEIR OWN COMPANY BY USING BRAND NAME OF REMAKING OF MUMBAI, WHICH THEY CLAIM, HAD A SUPPORT OF MANY ASSOCIATION AND PROMINENT PERSONALITIES IN BEGINNING. AFTER WHICH THE SUPPORT OR ANY ASSOCIATION IS DENIED BY MOST OF THEM.
ALL ALLEGATION ABOVE SHOWS THAT THERE WAS A SECRET DEAL AND THERE WAS MISREPRESENTATION TO THE TENANTS AND LANDLORDS AND GOVT. DEPARTMENT AND RESIDENTS OF CHIRA BAZAR AND KALBADEVI BY TAKING PROMINENT PERSONALITIES NAME AND MISUSED THEIR POSITION TO GAIN UNDUE BENEFITS AND FOR PERSONAL GAIN AND POPULARITY.
MAYANK GANDHI USED POLITICAL PRESSURE THROUGH THEIR MHADA AND MCGM AGENCIES AND USED POLITICAL LEADERS CERTIFYING, AS IF THIS PROJECT ALREADY HAD A APPROVAL FROM ALL PARTIES.
ALL THE ABOVE FACT SHOWS THAT MAYANK GANDHI HAS MISUSED HIS STATURE AND POSITION IN THESE NGOS, TO UNDUE GAIN OF COMMERCIAL BENEFITS BY SUBMITTING FALSE TENANTS CONSENT LETTER ON PLAIN PAPER AND WANTED TO ACQUIRE HUGE LAND AND MASSIVE PROJECT BY MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS.
All this details are there in a public domain and Mr.Maynk Gandhi who is now heading IAC Mumbai can not deflect the questions which are raised by lots of people in public domain by saying that people are publicity hungry and people should go to court,file a FIR in that case what's a difference between Mayank Gandhi and other corrupt politician? Politician are saying the same thing to Team KEJRIWAL.
Why to avoid questions? No common man daily can go to court on every issue of corruption and allegations.If we are clean and our conscious are clear then why to hide or ignore the questions?
Instead of three member committee do the investigation Mayank should himself reply to these questions and let people judge whether he had committed any irregularities by false and misleading information and conceal the actual facts and intention in guise of ROMF,which is a No profit and No Loss NGO formed by him.If NGO was formed with noble intention then why all profit and development rights were given to his family run development companies of lok housing ltd where Mayank Gandhi is an independent director?
Let the people of India judge this irregularities and come to conclusion...
From
Viren shah
Supporter of Ana Hazare.
Sent from my iPad
N.S.Venkataraman
Nandini Voice For The Deprived
Chennai
nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
To
Humjanenge
Sir,
LET NOT THE POLITICAL SPACE BE OCCUPIED BY MUD SLINGING
It is sad that Indian political space is now being occupied by unsubstantiated allegations and vituperative language. Certainly , the country's media space is not being occupied by those who deserve the space by their intellectual capability and credibility.
Mahatma Gandhi said that a man of truth should also be a man of care. Those who claim to be honest should be able to prove by their behaviour and utterances that they are honest.Such honest people will not use vituperative and abusive language and will conduct themselves with dignity and confidence.
For heaven's sake,use of counter productive abusive language should not be continued any longer. Let everyone concerned in this "battle", go to the electorate and seek their opinion. Certainly, the Indian electorate have shown enormous wisdom and maturity, much much more than the so called political leaders. Every time , they have rejected the unworthy people and gone for the better within the choice available for them.
Let everyone talk about the economic policies, social issues and give a firm assurance that they would be honest and truthful. There is no need to throw mud on another person to prove they are better and in the process get the mud thrown back at them. Indian voters deserve better and they can see through the game of everyone.
N. S.Venkataraman
Nandini Voice For The Deprived
Chennai
nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
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