Bureaucrat behind move to parcel out huge land in Gwalior at a throwaway price to a crony capitalist
Lalit Shastri In his zeal to put the State on the fast track of development, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced at the Global Investors Summit at Khajuraho in October 2010 that he would personally monitor the outcome of MoUs inked for investment at these summits but a close appraisal of the Government's much hyped initiative has revealed major chinks reflecting attempts by the State authorities to by-pass statutory requirements only to benefit the chosen ones. On the sidelines of the Khajuraho Investors' Summit, one saw Iqbal Singh Bains, a senior bureaucrat, in a private discussion with chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Incidentally, their tête-à-tête was in earshot and the CM was fully in agreement and gave the approving nod for the blatant move to parcel out the Gwalior SADA land to a private party at a throwaway price. Bains is considered a blue eyed boy of the Chief Minister. Follow up investigation revealed that Bains with the backing