Pune: President Pratibha Patil decided to give up the proposed post-retirement bungalow being constructed in Pune after allegations of grabbing defence land. The activists who highlighted the violations have claimed victory but the President said she was pained at such baseless allegations.
Retired defence officers in Pune congratulated each other and were triumphant that their protest against the allotment of the plot of defence land in the Khadki area to President Pratibha Patil for her retirement home, forced the President to return the land.
Commander (Retd) Ravindra Pathak of Justice for Jawans said, "We are extremely happy. I would've been happier if with grace she would've accepted her mistake."
Journalist Vinita Deshmukh thanked the media and social media and said, "She would not have been able to live in peace here, that's why she came under immense public pressure and returned it."...
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07:43 PM, Apr 28, 2012
An RTI disclosure has revealed that President Pratibha Patil has been allotted defence land, the size of which is six times more than she's eligible for, in Pune to construct a bungalow. President's office, however, said that the government's defence establishment owns the land. This is not the first time the President has found herself in a controversy. Presenting a list of the past controversies the President was involved in:...
04:16 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Friday decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune. Her decision came after allegations by RTI activists that the bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. After a furore on social media platforms on the excess land allotted to Patil, the President's office announced that she will forego the land. The defence plot in Khadkee hit controversy after... 
