‘Housing Jihad’ In Mumbai? Shiv Sena Says Muslim Realtors Doing THIS To Change Demography | India Information

After ‘love jihad’ and ‘land jihad’, a brand new time period ‘housing jihad’ has entered the political area in Maharashtra. On Friday, the ruling Shiv Sena alleged that some Muslim realty builders are finishing up ‘housing jihad’ within the monetary capital. Shiv Sena alleged that these realtors are concerned in slum rehabilitation tasks in Mumbai and accused them of including names of individuals from their group to the record of beneficiaries and altering town’s demography.

Such actions are being carried out in western suburbs and different components of Mumbai like Govandi, Mankhurd, Kurla, Saki Naka and Bandra, alleged Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Nirupam at a information convention. “There are 600 ongoing SRA tasks of which 10 per cent are Muslim builders and all are concerned in such work. The plan is to alter the demography of town in a giant means. That is housing jihad,” the previous MP added. 

Former MP Sanjay Nirupam has known as for a radical investigation into alleged fraudulent actions in sure housing tasks. He acknowledged that he has written to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who oversees the housing division and in addition serves because the president of the Shiv Sena, in search of motion on the matter.

Highlighting irregularities in two housing tasks in Oshiwara, the Shiv Sena spokesperson alleged {that a} “Hindu majority society was transformed right into a Muslim majority society.” He claimed that in one of many societies, the developer, who’s Muslim, manipulated data to approve 19 constructions below a single identify. 

Nirupam identified that, in line with Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) guidelines, an eligible household is entitled to just one house. Nonetheless, he alleged that “on this housing society, a household was allotted 30 homes.” Sanjay Nirupam alleged that these builders try to slot in the utmost variety of Muslim folks of their tasks by rejecting purposes of Hindu folks in these SRA tasks, terming them ineligible for SRA flats or outlets.

Citing discrepancies in rehabilitation data, he claimed that in 2021, there have been 45 eligible hutments in an Oshiwara locality, however the quantity inexplicably elevated to 82 in 2022 and additional to 95. He additionally alleged that even electrical energy payments had been falsified to accommodate ineligible beneficiaries.

Additional elevating considerations about unlawful occupancy, Nirupam alleged that “one of many tenants in an SRA undertaking is a Bangladeshi who’s residing illegally in India.” The SRA, a authorities company answerable for implementing slum rehabilitation tasks in Mumbai, goals to enhance dwelling situations for slum-dwellers by offering them with reasonably priced housing. Nirupam has urged authorities to analyze these alleged irregularities to make sure transparency within the course of.