Jharkhand to take legal recourse against Tata Steel

RANCHI: Jharkhand government would take legal course against Tata steel for allegedly not paying rent on vast stretches of lease land in the state, the assembly was informed today.

"We have decided to engage a 'good' advocate to initiate legal action them (Tata)," Land and Revenue Minister Mathura Prasad Mahato said.

His response came after Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) legislative party leader Pradip Yadav alleged that Tata steel had allegedly violated lease rules affecting the exchequer.

The JVM-P MLAs, however, staged a walkout in protest against what they claimed unsatisfactory answer by the minister on their other demand -- a probe into the land renewal agreement between Jharkhand government and Tata Steel in 2005, which they alleged had been a loss to the state exchequer.