Excerpts from The Hindu report dated 11th August 2024
A press statement from the “Working Committee of the Residents’ Assembly of the Auroville Foundation” said the statements and allegations, based on the Ministry of Education’s recent replies to two sets of questions in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, “have mischaracterised our community and diverted attention from critical issues facing the township”.
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In the Lok Sabha the other day, Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar while replying to questions raised by D. Ravikumar had said that a range of complaints, including encroachments, cybercrime and money-laundering pertaining to Auroville, had been referred to the competent body/agencies.
The press statement said, “it is “a violation of natural justice” that the Ministry of Education has instructed the Auroville Foundation to conduct an internal investigation into these questionable land exchanges, when it is this very administration that is responsible for the said land exchanges.”*
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