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Indian-origin family’s hotel chain linked to Trump faces tax break scrutiny
A Mississippi hotel chain owned by an Indian-origin family is facing media scrutiny for tax breaks worth millions of dollars that it had sought for an upcoming project in partnership with the Trump Organization, now run by President Donald Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump.
Chawla Hotels, owned by brothers Dinesh Chawla and Suresh Chawla, had applied for local tax rebates worth $6 million, which is roughly a third of an estimated $20 mn the hotel in Cleveland, Mississippi, is likely to cost, according to multiple news reports, which the group has not contested.