The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday (Octobrer 9, 2024) alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Atishi’s belongings were removed from the “CM’s House (official residence)“ — at 6, Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines — and the bungalow was not being officially handed over to her.
Earlier this week, the AAP had released videos of Atishi’s belongings being moved in a vehicle to the premises of the bungalow at 6, Flagstaff Road, and another video of her meeting with the staff at an office on the premises.
But, sources in the Raj Niwas stated that 6, Flagstaff Road is not an official “CM’s House”. “The owner of the house, like with all other Chief Ministers’ residences, is the Public Works Department. The PWD takes possession of the house when it is vacant, prepares its inventory and then duly allocates it,” the source added.
“The AAP should not worry, this bungalow will be immediately allotted to the Chief Minister after preparing the proper inventory,” the source added.
Ms. Atishi is currently staying at the bungalow 17, A.B. Mathura Road, which was allotted to her when she became a Cabinet Minister last year. Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit did not stay at 6, Flagstaff Road, but lived in a different bungalow allotted by the government.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said that the sealing of the bungalow by the PWD is in line with public aspirations and the department should conduct a videographic survey of this building and present the report to the people of Delhi.
Mr. Sachdeva alleged that the hurried efforts by the AAP to allow current Ms. Atishi to occupy the “sheeshmahal bungalow” without adhering to government allotment rules indicates that there is something in the house that former CM Arvind Kejriwal wants to hide from the law.
Hitting back at the BJP, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the L-G is planting news in the media that Ms. Atishi’s belongings were thrown out of the “CM House” because she did not give the keys of the CM House to the PWD.
“After throwing out Atishi ji’s belongings, the inventory inside the house will be taken and after that the house will be allotted to her. I would like to ask L-G Sahib with all due respect that when he shifted to Raj Niwas, did the old L-G hand over the keys of Raj Niwas to PWD and was the inventory of Raj Niwas taken before the new L-G shifted?” he said in a tweet.
Earlier in the day, AAP senior leader Sanjay Singh alleged that officers were not allotting the bungalow to CM Atishi as the BJP was aiming to illegally occupy it.
Published - October 09, 2024 07:02 pm IST