BJP writes to LG to halt ‘sheesh mahal’ growth, fast-track probe

Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) on Monday wrote a letter to lieutenant governor VK Saxena, urging him to cancel the merger of 4 properties with “sheesh mahal”, the ex-residence of AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal who stayed there as Delhi chief minister.
In the course of the Delhi meeting polls, the BJP unabashedly tagged the CM’s home as “sheesh mahal” to assault Kejriwal over the “big expense” incurred for the bungalow’s renovation, which included opulent facilities like a sauna and jacuzzi.
In a letter to Saxena, BJP’s Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva requested for cancelling the merger of these 4 properties that have been meant to increase the CM’s home.
Sachdeva additionally mentioned that the brand new authorities to be fashioned by the BJP will take a name concerning future use of the bungalow and added “The following chief minister of Delhi is not going to keep in it.”
Vijendra Gupta, newly elected BJP MLA from Rohini, additionally mentioned that the CM of BJP is not going to stay within the bungalow because it was underneath investigation over alleged irregularities.
The Rohini MLA additionally requested the LG to expedite the continuing probe into these alleged violations, saying swift motion is essential for guaranteeing accountability and restoring public belief in authorities establishments.
Gupta mentioned that the land of the demerged properties can be used for different official functions like the development of presidency quarters.
Kejriwal reworked the bungalow into “an ultra-luxurious ‘Sheesh Mahal’ by “illegally annexing” neighbouring authorities properties, Gupta wrote to the LG.
“The scope of those unauthorized alterations is especially regarding. What was meant to be a typical official residence has been reworked right into a lavish advanced spanning greater than 50,000 sq. meters,” he charged within the letter, based on information company PTI.
He mentioned that the merged properties included eight Kind-V flats at 45 and 47 Rajpur Street, and the 2 authorities bungalows (8-A and 8-B Flag Workers Street) with the 6, Flagstaff highway bungalow (CM’s home).
“I urgently request your intervention to revive these properties to their unique impartial standing and return 6-lag Workers Street to its earlier space of lower than 10,000 sq. meters,” he mentioned.