The Congress on Saturday demanded the resignation of Union Minister of State for Cooperation Murlidhar Mohol for his alleged involvement in facilitating the illegal sale of land belonging to a charitable trust to a construction firm he was a partner in till December last year.

Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters, Atul Londhe Patil, Senior Spokesperson of the Maharashtra Congress, alleged that land belonging to a charitable trust -- on which the Hirachand Digambar Jain Hostel and a temple are located -- was sold to a firm at a throwaway price of Rs 230 crore, even though its actual market value was around Rs 2,500 crore.

Disputing the claims made by the Union Minister, Londhe Patil said the manner in which the entire process was completed “at an electrifying speed” on a

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