Hooda asks Khattar govt to make Dhingra Commission report

public Chandigarh, Sep 1 (PTI) Haryana’s former Chief Minister(CM) Bhupinder Singh Hooda today demanded that the Manohar LalKhattar government make the Justice SN Dhingra Commissionreport public, and accused it of indulging in "witch-hunt" and"sensationalising facts". The one-man inquiry commission, which went into thecontroversial land deals in Haryana also allegedly involvingCongress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, hadsubmitted its 182-page report to the state governmentyesterday and apparently found irregularities in the deals. "I demand that the Government make the DhingraCommission report public soon and stop this witch-hunt andsensationalising of facts," Hooda , who was the chief ministerwhen the deals were signed, told reporters here today. He said while the report was yet to be made public,its contents were being "selectively leaked to the media". "I can comment on its contents only when the report ismade public," the two-time former CM said. Asked if he would move court, the Congress leader said,"Let them first make the report public, then we will see". When asked about the commission having reportedly hintedat irregularities in the deals, Hooda said, "But that does notnecessarily mean that there is an illegality". Hooda hit out at the government for getting only ahandful of land licences probed, including the one granted toRobert Vadra’s firm. Giving details of the licence granted to Vadra’s firmSkylight Hospitality, Hooda said the firm was alloted2.7 acres as per entitlement. The firm purchased land on January 28, 2008 by payingRs 7.95 crore, including stamp duty, he said. "The company also paid commercial colony chargesof Rs 7.43 crore to the government. An amount of Rs 73 lakhwas deposited for renewal of licence. Thus, total amount paidfor purchase of land and statutory charges comes to Rs 16.11crore." "After a gap of five years, this piece of land was soldby Skylight to DLF for Rs 58 crore on September 18, 2012. Evenon this amount, the company paid an additional tax of Rs 8crore and thus they paid a total amount of Rs 24.11 crorewhich includes the Rs 16.11 crore against the receipt of saleprice of Rs 58 crore," Hooda said. PTI SUN AKA ANB SKSMN