Agartala, March 29 -- Senior Congress leader and Tripura MLA Sudip Roybarman has asked for a CBI probe into the alleged land scam of Rs 500 Cr in the state where a large amount of Khas (government) land has been provided to individuals.
Roybarman said he had deposited a query on a huge land scam in Sepahijala district well in time, and it was scheduled to be answered in the house by the Chief Minister Manik Saha, who holds the charge of the revenue department.
But half an hour before the commencement of the session, Roybarman received a letter from the assembly secretariat stating that the revenue department had expressed its inability to answer the query.
According to him, this is a flagrant violation of parliamentary authority guarant...