Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla constituted a committee to examine the terms and conditions and revise the zoning plan of a prime land parcel in Manimajra, which Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is planning to auction with a reserve price of nearly Rs.800 crore, Opposition councillors resigned from the committee.

Facing strong objections from the Opposition, the House had on September 30 decided to redraft the terms and conditions for the auction. The civic body has earmarked a 6.9-acre plot in Shivalik Enclave, Manimajra, where five plots in Pocket Number 6 are proposed to be auctioned with a combined reserve price of over Rs.794 crore. The land, considered among MC's most va...