Pit invasion
Several mining leases in Faridabad and Gurgaon are either owned or operated by politicians, the number being more than 12 out of 30 in the former. The break-up:
faridabad
• Four leases (including Maruti Minerals and J K Impex) are allegedly owned by Haryana chief minister (CM) Om Prakash Chautala's close aides
• Five leases are being run by state cooperatives minister Kartar Singh Bhadana and his associates. He is a partner in a couple of operations (including those of the Sethi group, the largest leaseholder in the district) and controls a few others that are not in his name
• One lease (Ashoka Mineral) is reportedly held by the son of member of parliament (MP) and senior functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), R D Agarwal
• Another lease is in Faridabad BJP MP R C Bainda and his brother's name
• Dharamveer Bhadana, a Bahujan Samaj Party member, has control over one lease
• The son of an ex-minister belonging to the Congress, Lal Singh, who is also a relative of K S Bhadana, has been given one lease (Ram Kishan Purnidevi)
gurgaon
• "One particular lease in Soondh village is held by the wife of Zakir Hussain, a Congress legislator from Tauru. It is being run by a relative of the CM after an understanding was reached between the two parties,' alleges member of legislative assembly from Mewla Maharajpur Krishan Pal Gurjar.
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