Himachal cancels 28-acre allotment to Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth

The Congress led-Himachal Pradesh government has cancelled 28-acre of land allotted to Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust on lease at Sadhupul in Solan district. Going ahead, state Revenue and Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur said that the land allotted to the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust by the previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government on lease has been cancelled and is vested in the state government's property. In the meantime, BJP regime under chief minister Dhumal had allotted 28 acres on lease to the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust in 2010. On the other hand, Congress alleged that the land worth over Rs. 35 crore was allotted by the BJP Government for 99 years to the trust on a lease of Re. 1 and thus was cancelled. Lastly, Maharashtra Government allotting 600 acres to the Patanajli Yogpeeth for setting up of an orange processing plant and a unit for its ayurvedic products.