'Said 17 Lakhs, Not 70': Man Behind BJP's Bihar Land Deal Does A 180 | Read
Five days ago, 55-year-old Parshuram Chauhan in Bihar's Kishanganj claimed that he had sold one bigha land - about a quarter of an acre - to the state BJP unit for 70 lakhs. Sales deeds of the deal transacted in September show that Mr Chauhan, in fact, sold two plots of land for Rs. 35 lakh, one owned by him and another in his wife's name. Going by Mr Chauhan's assertion, the remaining Rs. 35 lakh was received in unaccounted cash.
