Two BJP leaders from Navi Mumbai are in a face-off over a proposed hospital and medical college in Belapur. One of them has been pushing for the hospital and has alleged that the other is behind the protest against the hospital.

Belapur BJP MLA Manda Mhatre has been following up on the proposed hospital, fow which the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has chosen a land in sector 15 A, which is used as a playground. Villagers and local sports people have asked the NMMC can find another plot. “The local MLA is being unfair to the villagers and project affected people. We villagers lost our lands when they developed the city. Now they are forcing us to lose our playground, too,” said Prakash Keni of Diva Koliwada.