Governments in Delhi, Mumbai favouring Adani: Varsha Gaikwad, four-time Congress MLA from Dharavi

Varsha Gaikwad, the feisty member of the legislative assembly of Maharashtra from Dharavi, Mumbai, the most densely-populated part of the planet, does not pull her punches when she alleges that the state government has changed the tendering process to favour the Adani Group to enable it to acquire contractual rights to redevelop the world's biggest slum. The MLA, who has been elected four times over the last two decades as a representative of the Congress party, claims that the way in which the state government has tweaked rules relating to Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) is scandalous as it will help Adani became the King of Mumbai, a metropolis where real estate prices are comparatively the highest anywhere.

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  • Authorship: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, with Shinzani Jain
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Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/