UP Congress fighting ownership claim on state headquarter premises

Party sought time from Lucknow Municipal Corporation to prove ownership

Congress is fending off ownership claims to its UP Congress Committee (UPCC) premises in the Mall Avenue area in Lucknow.

The precincts ‘Nehru Bhawan’ was inaugurated by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on December 3, 1979.

Now, a city based businessman, Manish Agarwal, has claimed the ownership of this property and formally applied before the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) to transfer the same in his family’s name.

Agarwal has already submitted relevant documents with the LMC, which on its part later issued a notice to UPCC to reply to the claims along with the property ownership papers. He claimed the