If Not ‘Sheesh Mahal’ Then Which Bungalow? PWD Explores Choices For Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s Residence | India Information
NEW DELHI: The method for allocating official lodging to the Chief Minister and ministers of the brand new BJP authorities in Delhi has been intensified, sources stated on Saturday. The Public Works Division has a number of bungalows in Civil Strains close to Raj Niwas and one every in Daryaganj and close to BJP headquarters on DDU Marg. The properties embrace bungalow quantity 2 in Raj Niwas Lane and bungalow quantity 115 on Ansari Street in Daryaganj.
“The bungalows close to Civil Strains or another in Lutyens’ Delhi with change from central pool may very well be future residence of the Chief Minister,” a supply claimed. The proximity to Delhi Secretariat, Meeting, and Raj Niwas will probably be thought-about in finalising the Chief Minister’s residence, he stated.
The BJP has asserted that the Chief Minister wouldn’t keep at 6, Flagstaff Street bungalow in Civil Strains that gained political notoriety as “Sheesh Mahal” over alleged irregularities and corruption in its reconstruction and stock of expensive items in it. AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal lived within the bungalow as Delhi Chief Minister from 2015 to September 2024. He vacated the bungalow after resigning from Chief Minister’s submit.
The PWD should organize eight different lodging for six members of the brand new Council of Ministers, in addition to the Meeting Speaker and Deputy Speaker, sources stated. The ministers of the AAP authorities lived within the Civil Strains bungalow. Atishi who grew to become Chief Minister after Kejriwal’s residence, lived in a bungalow on Mathura Street. As per guidelines the official lodging have to be vacated inside 15 days by the members of the earlier authorities.
The BJP got here to energy in Delhi after 26 years by profitable 48 of 70 Meeting seats and ending AAP’s decade-long rule within the elections held on February 5 this 12 months. The Chief Minister and her Council of Ministers have been administered oath in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a grand ceremony at Ramleela Maidan final month.
