Yogi government has given a big blow to the jailed SP leader Azam Khan. In the cabinet meeting, the government has snatched the land given to Azam Khan’s Johar University. During the SP government, Azam had given the entire campus including the building of Murtaza Higher Secondary School in Rampur to Maulana Mohammad Johar Trust on a 99-year lease. The annual rent for this 3825 square meter property worth around Rs 100 crore was fixed at only Rs 100.
For this, Azam Khan had also signed an agreement with the Secondary Education Department, but now the government has canceled the lease alleging violation of the terms of this agreement. The cabinet meeting was held at Lok Bhavan at 11 am on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. In this meeting, about a dozen proposals from various departments were discussed, in which the proposal for this land from the Education Department was also included. Considering this proposal, the government has decided to take back the land in one fell swoop.
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Under this decision, along with Azam Khan’s office, the land of Rampur Public School will also be vacated. Let us tell you that BJP MLA Akash Saxena had raised this issue. In this the MLA had alleged that Azam Khan had violated the terms of the lease. Let us tell you that Azam Khan had built the party office Darul Awam and Rampur Public School on the government land located on Topkhana Road. This land was also on lease. Now after the lease is cancelled, the government will soon take it over.
The land was grabbed by showing influence
It is alleged that Azam Khan, using his influence in the SP government, had taken the building and land of Government Murtaza Higher Secondary School on lease from the Education Department. At the same time, Darul Awam and Rampur Public School had established their office on Topkhana Road. Actually, in the building where Darul Awaam is located, there was the office of the District School Inspector, whereas in the building of Rampur Public School, there was the office of the District Basic Education Officer.
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Azam had leased this building in the name of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in 2012. In point number 7 of this lease deed, it is clearly written that a university will be built on the allotted land and its operations will be started within a year. A provision was made in this that this land will not be used for any other use. On this basis the MLA had given a complaint to the DM. DM investigated and sent the report to the government. Now on the basis of this report the cabinet has canceled the lease.
Committee will investigate the loss
Along with this, an inquiry committee has also been formed under the leadership of DM Ravindra Kumar Mandar to investigate the damage caused to government property. According to official sources, when Azam Khan took possession of this land, 4000 children were studying here. Despite this, due to the influence of Azam Khan, no officer showed the courage to object and the land was vacated and handed over to Azam Khan. At that time, there was SP government in Uttar Pradesh, Azam Khan himself was a cabinet minister and he had seven strong departments like urban development, minority welfare.