New Delhi: Weeks after their resignation from the Delhi Cabinet, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain’s bungalows have been allotted to newly inducted ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj. Sisodia and Jain have been requested to vacate the bungalows on or earlier than March 21, in accordance with a letter by the Public Works Department on March 14. It additionally requested Atishi and Bharadwaj to offer their acceptance inside eight days of the issuance of the letter.
The BJP questioned the urgency behind getting Sisodia’s bungalow vacated. “Why is Kejriwal in such a tearing hurry to get rid of Sisodia? What happened to his promise to take care of Sisodia’s family after his arrest,” Delhi BJP media cell head Harish Khurana mentioned. The AAP and mentioned the order was “nothing but a compliance of law”.
Sisodia had been staying on the AB-17 bungalow on Mathura Road, which was earlier with former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The bungalow was allotted to Sisodia in 2015 when the AAP got here to energy in Delhi. Jain was staying on the 2, Raj Niwas Marg, Civil Lines bungalow, which has now been allotted to Bharadwaj.
“As far as the order regarding the former deputy chief minister’s residence is concerned, it is the law that a minister upon resigning from his/her office is bound to vacate the government residence occupied by them within 15 days. This order is nothing but a compliance of the law,” the Aam Aadmi Party mentioned.
The letters to the 2 former ministers mentioned solely a 15-day retention interval is permissible below the principles. Sources mentioned the nameplate bearing Sisodia’s identify and cupboard rank had additionally been faraway from the bungalow.
The AAP mentioned that it helps Sisodia and reiterated that his arrest was unjustified. “The whole country is in awe of his work in education. The AAP has been running a signature campaign across Delhi and the country and we have seen that everyone feels that Sisodia’s arrest is unjustified,” the occasion mentioned.
Following the resignations of Sisodia and Jain, each at present in Tihar jail in alleged corruption and cash laundering circumstances, respectively, two Cabinet berths had fallen vacant. Their resignations have been accepted by the President on March 7. Atishi and Bharadwaj have been later inducted into the Cabinet.
Sisodia was arrested by CBI on February 26 in reference to alleged corruption within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage for 2021-22. He is in judicial custody until March 20.
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