CWG Scam : Government gifted Rs 2,100cr to Emaar: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), speaking over the Commonwealth Games controversy, on Saturday accused the government of ‘gifting’ Rs 2,100 cr to Emaar MGF, one of the contractors in the Oct. 3-11 Games.

“In the name of default in executing CWG village contract, Emaar had been gifted Rs 2,100 crore by the Government of India (GOI)/Delhi Development Authority (DDA)” BJP National Secretary Kirit Somaiya said in a press statement.

“After going through the papers, documents and the Agreement between Emaar MGF and DDA/GOI, it is crystal clear that, without any logic or any supporting, Government had gifted Rs 2,100 crores worth property to Emaar MGF, ” he added.

He said that the DDA had allotted construction work contract of 2091 lac sq.ft. Emaar in September 2007. Emaar MGF was supposed to hand over 697 lac sq.ft. constructed area flats to the DDA for which the company was earning a total amount Rs 2,517 crores.

“It is shocking that the total cost of construction work of all these 4,000 bedrooms was coming to less than Rs.400 crores,” the BJP statement said.