Senior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has alleged that foreign money had come to aid the campaign that was run against the Aarey metro car shed project.
Kirit Somaiya, while naming NGO Vanshakti and a website, along with a Bangalore-based company, said that it has now been established that foreign money was used to run the campaign against the Aarey project.
“The Bangalore-based tech company received four crore rupees from foreign lands. This entire campaign was manipulated. The jhatka org had sent eighty-two thousand emails. The Maharashtra government and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) had complained as well to the Mumbai police. The FIR had been registered and an investigation was on. All these things had come to light and some people were to be arrested as well. Who had sent the money from foreign land was also coming out. The Uddhav Thackeray government then stopped this investigation and police was asked to shut the case and a closure report was submitted in court,” said Somaiya.
The BJP leader demanded a reopening of the investigation in the case and also blamed the NGO Vanshakti for advocating the land of Royal Palm private builder claiming that the builder would stand to gain close to Rs 4,800 crore with the deal.
“We demand that the work on Mumbai Metro 3 should start at the earliest,” said Somaiya.
The BJP leader also said that the Uddhav Thackeray government had stopped the work of Mumbai Metro 3 car shed project at Aarey. As such, the cost escalation of the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro corridor has reached upto Rs 10,000 crore.
“I have requested Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that the work on the Aarey car shed project should start at the earliest,” said Somaiya.
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