Congress to bail out former hockey Olympian
March 22nd, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANSBhopal, March 22 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh has decided to come to the rescue of former Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan, who has been slapped with non-payment of property tax notice and his house attached by the civic authorities.
The District Congress Committee here has decided to raise Rs.4.04 lakh for Khan after the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) attached his house which was given to him in 1975 after India won the World Cup in Malaysia.
“We will raise money to pay the overdue property tax on Khan’s house,” M.M. Salman of the District Congress Committee said Monday.
Criticising the Madhya Pradesh government, Khan said: “On the one hand, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is giving money to players of the Indian hockey team, and on the other, he is treating them shabbily.”
He said the BMC could have informed him and the matter could have been settled amicably.
However, the civic body officials said the property was attached when the tax was not deposited despite several notices.
“The law is equal for everybody and everyone is required to pay government taxes as per the law,” said Bhopal Mayor Krishna Gaur.
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