Chandigarh, Aug 6 - Haryana's main opposition Indian National Lok Dal Thursday demanded disallowing a third extension to the special economic zone (SEZ) proposed by Reliance Industries in Gurgaon and sought that all Reliance-owned land in the state be taken back.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has asked for a two-year extension to launch its $5-billion, 12,000-acre SEZ in Gurgaon.
In a statement, party secretary general and Rajya Sabha member Ajay Singh Chautala said Reliance had been given two extensions already but had failed to utilise the opportunity.
'The law of the land is the same for all. The Reliance SEZ land should be resumed and given back to the rightful farm owners as Reliance has exhausted two opportunities provided to it to complete the process,' Chautala said.
'No real work except barbed wire fencing has taken place and Reliance has even terminated the services of the people hired for the project,' he said.
'Reliance has failed to purchase even half of the land in the stipulated time period, what to speak of its earlier claims of Rs.1 lakh crore investment and creation of 10 lakh direct and indirect jobs for the state youth.'
Reliance had floated a company named Reliance Ventures and signed a pact with the state government's Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corp in June 2006 for forming a joint venture called Reliance Haryana Special Economic Zone.