How UP managed to provide quiet passage to ‘explosive’ Nazul Invoice | India Information

On March 7, 2024, Yogi authorities notified the ordinance which barred conversion of Nazul land into freehold in favour of a non-public individual.

LUCKNOW: When UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, an MLC, referred the Nazul Property (Administration and Use for Public Objective) Invoice 2024 tabled by his personal governmentt within the meeting to a choose committee of the Higher Home, it was initially taken as one other episode of govt vs organisation in UP. Nevertheless, an in depth examination reveals that it was a well-coordinated transfer by BJP to blunt any opposition assault over the difficulty.
On March 7, 2024, Yogi authorities notified the ordinance which barred conversion of Nazul land into freehold in favour of a non-public individual.The thought was to get again land grabbed by land mafia and others and from those that violated lease guidelines.
Nevertheless, it steadily grew to become obvious that its affect went nicely past land parcels occupied by land mafia. “For instance, a serious a part of Prayagraj metropolis has been settled on Nazul land,” stated a BJP functionary. No surprise when the meeting handed the invoice on Wednesday outstanding amongst those that spoke in opposition to it have been BJP MLAs from Prayagraj Siddharth Nath Singh and Harshvardhan Bajpayee. They have been adopted by Raja Bhaiyya (JD-L) and Aradhana Mishra (Cong), each MLAs from neighbouring Pratapgarh district. NDA companions additionally objected.
A BJP member instructed TOI that round 50,000 households have been aggravated with the ordinance and this was one of many components for the get together dropping the Allahabad Lok Sabha seat. “Resentment was brewing not solely in Prayagraj but additionally in different districts,” stated a BJP MLA. “The variety of such Nazul land holders is in lakhs.”
BJP, already on the backfoot after the LS ballot consequence, realised the invoice might adversely affect its prospects within the upcoming bypolls. CM Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs Keshav Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, state BJP chief Chaudhary and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna went right into a huddle to seek out an honourable exit route.
A BJP MLA stated step one was to make sure it was handed within the decrease Home with out providing SP a chance to protest. “The objections raised by BJP MLAs have been a part of this transfer,” he claimed. It was determined that in Vidhan Parishad, a BJP member ought to object to the invoice and Chaudhary may refer it to the choose committee. Requested why the invoice was tabled when the ordinance itself was opposed, a BJP MLA stated the protest was primarily restricted to Prayagraj and surrounding areas. “It was thought that objections could be addressed by way of amendments,” he added.