Newly elected BJP MLA Vijendra Gupta on Monday requested Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to cancel the merger of four properties with AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s “Sheesh Mahal” (6, Flagstaff Road).
According to PTI, Vijendra Gupta said that the bungalow was expanded by merging four government properties. He said that he had written to LT Governor VK Saxena to cancel the amalgamation of those properties.
The renovated bungalow Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence was as the Chief Minister of Delhi – from 2015 to October 2024. He vacated it after resigning from the post in September last year.
BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, called the bungalow “Sheesh Mahal” as “Sheesh Mahal” to target Kejriwal on the issues of corruption during the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025.
New Delhi CM will not live in this bungalow
Vijendra Gupta, who was the Leader of the Opposition in the seventh Delhi Assembly, dissolved last week, said that the BJP Chief Minister would not stay in the bungalow as it was investigating the alleged irregularities.
What did Gupta say in his letter to Delhi LG?
Gupta wrote to LG, saying that Kejriwal transformed the bungalow “illegally” illegally anxing “to” an ultra-Laxuri ‘Sheesh Mahal “by” illegally anxing “.
He said, “The scope of these unauthorized changes is particularly related. What was a standard official residence has been converted into a grand complex, which is spread over 50,000 square meters,” he accused in the letter. .
He said that the merged assets included eight type-V flats on 45 and 47 Rajpur road and 6, two government bungalows (8-A and 8-B Flag Staff Road) with Flagstaff Road bungalow.
“I immediately request your intervention to restore these properties to their original independent position and return the 6-boag Staff Road to their previous area of less than 10,000 square meters,” he said.
Gupta also requested LG to expedite the ongoing investigation into these alleged violations, stating that rapid action is important to ensure accountability in government institutions and restore public belief.
For more than two years, the BJP worked hard on Kejriwal during the assembly election campaign, which is difficult in allegations of corruption, including irregularities in the reconstruction of bungalows and grand interiors, high end household items and fixtures.
