India, Nov. 15 -- Alleged Section 118 violations, suspected benami deals and government-land encroachments have intensified scrutiny of the state's revenue administration.

New Delhi

A woman's appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking protection of her life and property has brought the issue of alleged land grabbing in Himachal Pradesh into sharp political focus, with the BJP accusing the Congress government of allowing influential land interests to operate with impunity. The controversy in Palampur comes against the backdrop of hundreds of alleged violations of land-transfer laws, suspected benami transactions, disputed real-estate projects and thousands of government-land encroachment cases across the hill state.

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