Delhi CM Atishi Alleges Centre Cancelled Allotment Of Her Official Residence; BJP Rebuts Cost – News18
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Accusing Atishi of mendacity, the BJP stated the CM was allotted the bungalow in October however she by no means took possession, forcing authorities to cancel the allotment
Delhi CM Atishi (ANI)
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday alleged that the BJP-led union authorities cancelled the allotment of the CM’s residence, which the BJP name “Sheeshmahal” over its “costly” renovation work carried out throughout her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal’s tenure.
Hours after the Election Fee of India (ECI) introduced the election schedule for Delhi, the Chief Minister together with different AAP leaders addressed a press convention the place she claimed that she has obtained the eviction letter from the Central authorities final night time.
“The schedule for Delhi elections was introduced right this moment. Final night time, the BJP-led central authorities, for the second time in three months, threw me out of my official residence, which has been allotted to me as being the CM. They cancelled the allotment of the CM residence by means of a letter and snatched away the residence from an elected CM of an elected authorities,” she stated.
VIDEO | “The schedule for Delhi elections was introduced right this moment. Final night time, the BJP-led central authorities, for the second time in three months, threw me out of my official residence, which has been allotted to me as being the CM. They cancelled the allotment of the CM residence… pic.twitter.com/utEnBNvRJO— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) January 7, 2025
Atishi additional traded barbs on the saffron camp saying that her belongings have been even thrown out three months again. “The BJP thinks that they are going to cease us from working by snatching our homes, abusing us and talking in poor health about my household. They will snatch our homes, cease our work however can not cease our ardour for working for the individuals of Delhi,” she stated.
BJP Rebuts Allegations
The BJP has intensified assault on the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) after the Comptroller and Auditor Normal (CAG) report into the expenditure on 6 Flag Employees Highway bungalow revealed that Rs 33.66 crore was spent on the undertaking, which was 342 per cent greater than the estimated price of the undertaking.
Reacting to the CM’s prices, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya accused Atishi of mendacity and stated she was allotted the “Sheeshmahal” bungalow in October however she by no means took possession, forcing authorities to cancel the allotment.
Exposing the false claims of Arvind Kejriwal’s protégé and Delhi CM, Atishi Marlena:1. She has NOT been evicted.2. She by no means moved into Sheesh Mahal, which was allotted to her on October 11, 2024.
Atishi already has an official residence at 17 AB Mathura Highway and has been… pic.twitter.com/9UxdO4z9SU
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) January 7, 2025
What Officers Mentioned?
In a discover dated January 6, 2025, Delhi authorities’s Public Works Division (PWD) stated the bungalow at 6, Flag Employees Highway can also be not a delegated home for Delhi CM because it belongs to “Normal Pool” as per official data. The CM has been provided allotment of Bungalow No 2 at 8 Raj Niwas Lane, Civil Strains and Bungalow No 115 Ansari Highway Daryaganj from “Normal Pool”.
The CM by no means took bodily possession of the property regardless of a number of communications, the PWD stated in letter whereas mentioning additionally causes behind cancellation of allotment.
“The division’s resolution to withdraw the supply was influenced by a number of components: the continuing investigations requiring periodic entry to the property, the truth that the bungalow is just not a delegated Chief Minister’s residence however belongs to the Normal Pool class, and the availability that allotment is robotically cancelled if bodily occupation isn’t taken inside 5 working days of the Habitability Certificates’s issuance,” the PWD.
Delhi Elections 2025
Voting for the Delhi polls will happen on February 5 in a single section whereas the counting of votes will happen on February 8. As per the ultimate electoral roll of Delhi, the nationwide capital has 1,55,24,858 voters. The quantity elevated by 1.09 per cent for the reason that publication of the October 29, 2024, draft of electors. Delhi has 70 constituencies (58 Normal and 12 SC seats).
(With inputs from businesses)
