India, Oct. 24 -- The Standing Committee of the BJP-ruled Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) on Friday unanimously approved the allotment of a 978-square-metre municipal plot to former Indian cricketer and Lok Sabha MP Yusuf Pathan.

The decision comes after the Gujarat government recently approved the allotment through a resolution dated August 13 and months after his switch from Mamata Banerjee's TMC to the NDA fold.

The resolution reached the VMC on August 29, and Pathan withdrew his appeal before the Gujarat high court two days later.

Of the total area, 500 square metres will be transferred to him as a gift for residential use, while the remaining 478 square metres will be given at a concessional rate of 55 % of the valuation fixe...