India, April 30 -- puneletters@hindustantimes.com

The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Tuesday staged a protest demanding the scrapping of the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority's (PMRDA) development plan (DP), alleging massive corruption in its formulation.

Led by city unit president Prashant Jagtap, NCP (SP) workers held a demonstration outside the district collector's office.

"There is corruption of Rs.3,000 crore in the PMRDA development plan. Several reservations were altered, and we have audio and video evidence to support these claims," Jagtap claimed.

He further alleged that during the preparation of the plan, money was collected from farmers whose land was marked for reservation.

"Many farmers ...