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`Slumdog` child stars meet Mumbai Congress President

`Slumdog` child stars Rubina and Azharuddin called on Mumbai Congress President along with their parents and demanded houses in the vicinity of Bandra.

Mumbai, June 03: `Slumdog Millionaire` child stars Rubina and Azharuddin called on Mumbai Congress President Kripashankar Singh along with their parents and demanded houses in the vicinity of Bandra, where they lived earlier. They met Singh yesterday at his residence in suburban Vile-Parle.
Singh told PTI that he conveyed his inability to meet their demand since there was no availability of vacant houses in Bandra, a posh suburb of the metropolis. Chief Minister Ashok Chavan last week sanctioned the child-actors houses built by government agency MHADA in Malvani area of North Mumbai under his discretionary quota for economically weaker sections. They have to accept the allotment letter in 15 days failing which the allotment will be cancelled. However, the families of the two kids, who were staying in Bandra slums, are not inclined to go there, saying the area was far off from their current place of residence. Their parents told Singh that the government should look for flats for them from private builders. "I told them that we can try. But, Mumbai Congress cannot pay the market price of flats purchased from private builders. We can persuade builders to give concession to these families and also rope in other institutions to provide the finance to purchase the houses," he said. Bureau Report