Rush Hour: Delhi Gymkhana gets eviction notice, Mahua Moitra alleges attack by ‘BJP goons’ & more
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The Union government asked the Delhi Gymkhana Club to explain why it should not be evicted from its 27.3-acre premises in central Delhi. The club has been told to respond to the show cause notice by July 7.
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The club’s continued occupation of the property was “unauthorised” after its lease ended on May 22, stated the Centre.
The Delhi Gymkhana is one of the national capital’s oldest and most exclusive social and sporting clubs. The property was leased in 1928 to the then Imperial Delhi Gymkhana Club under a perpetual lease deed. Clause 4 of the lease allows the government to resume possession if the land is required for a public purpose. Read on.
Eggs and vegetables were hurled at Trinamool Congress office in West Bengal’s Krishnanagar when Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was inside. In a social media post, she said that “goons” from the Bharatiya Janata Party were responsible. In a video she shared on social media, a group of persons were seen carrying the BJP’s flag.
The police were also at the spot. “These are no public outbursts,” Moitra wrote on social media. “These are coordinated BJP attacks. See the BJP flags.”
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