India, Oct. 28 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday laid the foundation for the new state BJP headquarters, a 10-storey building to be constructed on a 1,378-square-metre plot at Marine Lines. The Opposition, however, has trained its guns on the BJP, raising questions on the land acquisition and the prompt approvals given by the BMC for its transfer.

SPREAD OVER 55,000 square feet, the office will house a 400-seat auditorium, six meeting rooms, a conference hall, a four-storey parking facility, residential facility, waiting lounge and a medical centre. The plot was acquired by the party for Rs.90 crore.

Even as Shah waxed poetic about offices being like "temples" for the BJP, the Opposition chose to raise questions on the procurem...