India, Oct. 27 -- Union home minister Amit Shah will on Monday lay the foundation of a new Maharashtra headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Mumbai's Churchgate, even as the Opposition questioned the acquisition of the land for it.

In a letter to Shah, Shiv Sena (UBT) lawmaker Sanjay Raut questioned the acquisition and the Mumbai civic body's "high-speed" approvals. He claimed the land was reserved for residential purposes.

Raut said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) leased the land in 1902 during the British era. He added that the Maharashtra State Co-operative Finance Corporation had 54% of the land, and four members of a family had 46%. Raut said the corporation applied for a renewal when the lease ended in 2...