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Plot row: Women Cong workers protest outside Hema's house

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Members of the women wing of the Congress party today staged a protest outside the house of BJP MP and actress Hema Malini in suburban Juhu over the allotment of a prime piece of land for her dance academy.

Congress corporator Geeta Yadav led the protesters who shouted slogans condemning the BJP-led Maharashtra government's "double standard" on land allotment.

The decision to allot her a plot in suburban Andheri for Natyvihar Kala Kendra, reportedly for as little as Rs 70,000, has triggered a controversy.

The government had yesterday however said the price of the plot was yet to be worked out.

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First Published: Jan 30 2016 | 8:57 PM IST

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