AAP Requests Govt Accommodation for Arvind Kejriwal, BJP Responds Strongly

AAP Requests Govt Accommodation: The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday asked the Delhi government to provide accommodation for Kejriwal, saying that he is a leader of a national party.

While talking to the media persons in Delhi’s Prithwiraj Rd, Delhi AAP MP Raghav Chadha said that Kejriwal should be given government accommodation in central Delhi.

“Our national secretary Pankaj Gupta is writing a letter today to the director of estates under ministry of housing and urban affairs to provide a government accommodation to Arvind Kejriwal as soon as possible,” said Chadha.

Kejriwal shifted to the new house at Flag Staff Road in September, 2015, and he is residing there only up to now.

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“AAP fastest growing political party in the country. As per law, our national president should be given a govt residence in national capital. We request the government to give an accommodation to Kejriwal. It is my personal request as an MP and worker. The provision for this has been made in the law to facilitate the president of the national party to meet visitors,” Chadha said.

“There are six national political parties in Delhi. The president of BJP, Congress, BSP, CMP... have been provided government accommodation. AAP, which is the sixth national party in the country, also should be given as soon as possible,” said Chadha, adding that it is not a “facility but a means”.

The guidelines for the allotment of accommodation from the general pool of central government houses to the political parties make the specification that a residential accommodation can be provided to the president of any recognised national party if he does not own a house or has no government allotted house in Delhi whether as president of the party or in any other capacity.

Speaking on the issue, a now retired Delhi PWD (Public Works Department) secretary, on the condition of anonymity, said “Arvind Kejriwal as the president of AAP which is a recognised national party is entitled for an accommodation in central Delhi under the general pool of government houses.”

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“The exchange of houses between Delhi government and central government also takes places to facilitate IAS officers who have been allotted government houses as Delhi government officials to retain the house when they are posted in the central government and vice versa.”

“If the central government wants it can allow Kejriwal to stay in the Flag Staff Road house under the exchange facility. Since he has already announced that he wants to give up the Flag Staff Road house, it is unlikely that Kejriwal will seek that house. Rules are there to allow easy allotment of houses, but many things depend on personal relations,” he added.

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