As per the Law Minister, Pratap Jena, the Odisha state government is planning to sell more than 35,000 acre of land belonging to Jagannath Temple in seven states. The Law Minister told this to the Assembly on Tuesday.
The Law Minister, Pratap Jena responded in writing to the question by BJP lawmaker Mohan Charan Singh.
As per Jena, a committee was formed under the chairmanship of then governor BD Sharma. And the government is now taking the necessary steps to sell 35,000 acres of the land (belonging to Jagannath temple) based on the recommendations of that committee.
As per Jana, Lord Jagannath owns 60,426.943 acres of land that is spread over 24 districts out of the 30 districts of the state of Odisha. And the Jagannath temple administration was able to file the final Record of Rights (RoR) for over 34,876.983 acres only.
“In accordance with the recommendation of the commission, steps are being taken to sell out the land as per state government’s approved Uniform Poli...