<p>The BJP is all set to get on lease two acres of land belonging to the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd (KNNL) where it will start a political research and training centre at Shivamogga.</p>.<p>BJP Shivamogga president T D Megharaj has petitioned KNNL seeking the land to be registered in the name of ‘National President, BJP’.</p>.<p>The land in question is located at Alkola in Shivamogga district, with a proposal to lease it out for a 30-year period. The KNNL board agreed to lease the property on April 4, following which Megharaj submitted his petition on May 20, documents show. KNNL approved the lease based on a request from the Water Resources Department. The land is located next to National Highway 206.</p>.<p>According to sources in KNNL, the board has only approved leasing out its two-acre land in Shivamogga. “There isn’t any proposal to sell the land. KNNL’s by-laws don’t allow for it,” the source said. The letter from Megharaj, according to the source, is yet to reach KNNL office.</p>.<p>When contacted, Megharaj told DH that there was nothing illegal in the allotment of the two-acre land at Alkola village near Shivamogga to set up a proposed training and research centre. “Over Rs 20 lakh has been paid for the same. As per the by-law of BJP, all immovable properties have to be registered in the name of BJP national president. So, a letter has been submitted to the KNNL managing director,” he said. The proposed office will function as the centre of Shivamogga division comprising of three districts-Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Uttara Kannada.</p>
<p>The BJP is all set to get on lease two acres of land belonging to the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd (KNNL) where it will start a political research and training centre at Shivamogga.</p>.<p>BJP Shivamogga president T D Megharaj has petitioned KNNL seeking the land to be registered in the name of ‘National President, BJP’.</p>.<p>The land in question is located at Alkola in Shivamogga district, with a proposal to lease it out for a 30-year period. The KNNL board agreed to lease the property on April 4, following which Megharaj submitted his petition on May 20, documents show. KNNL approved the lease based on a request from the Water Resources Department. The land is located next to National Highway 206.</p>.<p>According to sources in KNNL, the board has only approved leasing out its two-acre land in Shivamogga. “There isn’t any proposal to sell the land. KNNL’s by-laws don’t allow for it,” the source said. The letter from Megharaj, according to the source, is yet to reach KNNL office.</p>.<p>When contacted, Megharaj told DH that there was nothing illegal in the allotment of the two-acre land at Alkola village near Shivamogga to set up a proposed training and research centre. “Over Rs 20 lakh has been paid for the same. As per the by-law of BJP, all immovable properties have to be registered in the name of BJP national president. So, a letter has been submitted to the KNNL managing director,” he said. The proposed office will function as the centre of Shivamogga division comprising of three districts-Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Uttara Kannada.</p>
