Retracting the Article Titled " Will Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Personally Benefit From Her Ministry’s Decision to Open Cantonment Roads for Civilians?"

We stand by the thrust of the article.

In view of certain factual issues that have been raised regarding the news item titled "Will Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Personally Benefit From Her Ministry’s Decision to Open Cantonment Roads for Civilians?" - we are retracting the story. However, NewsClick stands by the thrust that opening of the cantonments has been done to facilitate real estate developers.

Editorial Team, NewsClick

Author, Paranjoy Guha Thankurta  

Links to some of our earlier stories on the issue.

  1. Is Real Estate the Real Motive Behind the Opening of Cantonment Roads?
  2. Who is Benefiting from the Opening up of Cantt Roads?
  3. Does Nirmala Sitharaman Have a Personal Interest in Opening Cantonment Roads?
  4. Cantonment Roads: Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right