# PM Modi’s schoolmate gets disputed land back after meeting prime minister

2026-09-16T08:02:08+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 4 independent outlets

An 81-year-old schoolmate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured the return of a disputed property in Maharashtra's Mira-Bhayandar days after meeting the prime minister. Asgar Ali Vora met Modi on September 8 and sought a CBI probe into a land dispute involving a 2,810-square-metre plot in Bhayander East that he says was taken over in 2011 by firms linked to BJP MLA Narendra Mehta. Vora had purchased the land in 1989. Seven Eleven Construction Private Limited, a company linked to Mehta, surrendered its construction permission for the disputed site and sought cancellation of approval and a refund of fees. Separately, a 2015 police complaint against Vora and his associate Ajay Dhokha alleging trespass and intimidation has been withdrawn. Municipal authorities have summoned representatives of the firms for a hearing on September 16.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

All four outlets report the same sequence, a meeting with Modi precedes the developer's surrender and the complaint's withdrawal, but they differ in emphasis. ABP Live details the municipal hearing and CBI request, framing it as administrative process underway, India Today and Hindustan Times foreground the outcome, calling it a reclamation of land. India TV is the briefest and most outcome-focused. None carries a critical or adversarial framing, the story is uniformly presented as a case of a personal appeal yielding swift results. The key variable is how directly each outlet labels the developer as 'BJP MLA-linked', Hindustan Times and India Today are explicit, ABP Live is more circumspect. The September 16 municipal hearing will test whether the surrender is formalised into a final legal settlement or remains a temporary concession.

## Coverage

- news.abplive.com (neutral report) <https://news.abplive.com/news/india/pm-modi-schoolmate-asgar-vora-gets-disputed-land-back-from-bjp-mla-days-after-meeting-pm-maharashtra-1866969>
  Leads with procedural detail of hearing and CBI request
- indiatvnews.com (neutral report) <https://www.indiatvnews.com/maharashtra/pm-modi-school-friend-gets-land-back-from-firm-linked-to-bjp-mla-days-after-meeting-him-latest-updates-2026-09-16-1054369>
  Briefest account, calls land 'back' upfront
- indiatoday.in (neutral report) <https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/pm-modi-schoolmate-gets-land-back-after-meeting-prime-minister-over-dispute-ytvd-2995761-2026-09-16?utm_source=rss>
  Frames as 'reclaimed' land, emphasises ownership resolution
- hindustantimes.com (neutral report) <https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-mla-narendra-mehta-firm-land-dispute-pm-schoolmate-asgarbhai-vohra-bhayander-seven-eleven-constructions-101789539524080.html>
  Opens with 'relief' and highlights BJP MLA link

Tags: Asgar Ali Vora, BJP, Mira Bhayandar, Narendra Modi
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