# PM Modi’s schoolmate regains land after BJP MLA backs down 2026-09-16T05:43:18+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets An 81-year-old man who claims to be a schoolmate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has regained possession of a disputed plot in Palghar district days after meeting the PM. Asgarali Vohra said the 2,810 sq mt land in Mira Bhayander was encroached upon by firms linked to BJP MLA Narendra Mehta in 2011. At a meeting chaired by the chief minister's principal secretary on September 16, Mehta surrendered the construction permit for the plot and withdrew a police complaint against Vohra. The surrender letter cited an ongoing ownership dispute. Vohra had met Modi on September 8 seeking a CBI probe into alleged forgery of documents that split his land. He said a 2015 FIR into the forgery had not yielded justice. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation officials were to examine the surrender and refund of fees. The settlement leaves the title dispute unresolved pending any future court or agency orders. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The coverage splits on how much weight the PM's role gets. Deccan Herald and Times Now lead with the personal connection to PM Modi and the resolution only days after the meeting, implying direct intervention. India Today notes the meeting and the state-level hearing but does not link the outcome to the PM as explicitly. The neutral reading is that the case moved through existing administrative channels, which the complainant had already been using for years. The outcome documented in all sources is the same: the firm surrendered its permit and withdrew the complaint. The significance of the story lies in the speed of the resolution, but without a CBI investigation or a clear admission of wrongdoing, the settlement leaves questions about forged documents and official delays unexamined. The next formal step would be the municipal corporation’s decision on the refund of fees and the restoration of Vohra's title. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com (pro government) Leads with personal connection to PM, frames resolution as Modi's intervention - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Names PM meeting then details officials' actions in chronological order - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Names PM meeting then details officials' actions in chronological order - timesnownews.com (pro government) Frames as PM coming to school friend's aid, strong personal angle Tags: BJP, CBI, Maharashtra, Mira Bhayandar, Narendra Mehta, Narendra Modi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pm-modis-schoolmate-gets-land-back-after-bjp-mla-backs-down/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pm-modis-schoolmate-gets-land-back-after-bjp-mla-backs-down/#story-in-brief