27th Mar 2005 23.05 IST
By Agencies
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has described as "false and baseless", BJP leader Gopinath Munde's allegations that the DF government had favoured the actor by de-reserving a plot for his residential use.
"I have never sought any favours from the government. The land I have was purchased from a private party and hence the question of buying the land from the government does not arise", he said.
"I have not purchased any land from the government and all the procedures carried out are as per the law", he said.
"The land was bought three-four years ago through the normal course of procedure by the architect. There was nothing illegal about the whole thing as has been made out", he said. "Why should I go and seek favours", he asked.
The BJP leader has alleged that a 10,000 square feet piece of land in suburban Bandra located next to the house of the film star, reserved for an art gallery in the development plan, had been de-reserved by the DF government in 2003 and sold to the actor to expand his house.
Munde alleged that SRK was one of the several people whom the Democratic Front government had favoured by allotting reserved land in the metropolis and demanded an inquiry into it.
from apunkachoice.com
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