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A statement from the LG's office on Saturday alleged that AAP had engaged in “the most misleading and diabolical” practices to “confuse” the allotment of Bungalow No. 6 on Flagstaff Road.
A day after the bungalow was allotted to Prime Minister Atishi, the LG office also accused him of participating in the exercise.
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The bungalow where Arvind Kejriwal served as Delhi's chief minister for nine years witnessed a heated argument between the AAP, the BJP and the LG office over leaves and new assignments.
“In the span of about 48 hours, when the house was handed over by Kejriwal and allotted to Atishi, AAP, ministers and even the Prime Minister resorted to the most misleading and diabolical practices to mislead the people of Delhi and the entire nation. the country undermines policies and procedures by withholding information in this regard, and LG Perpetual abuses,” the statement said.
Sources in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) in Delhi said, “We are sorry that the statement of the LG office is full of abuses and allegations against the elected government.
“The AAP government is working to resume and fix all the work stopped by LG in the last few months. These comments from LG are not very enthusiastic,” they said.
The Secretariat said the LG suffered “exploitation” and was attributed to political motives.
The AAP administration, government ministers and party leaders alleged that Lt Governor VK Saxena forced Atishi to vacate the bungalow on the orders of the BJP.
Atishi, who had claimed that he would be working on the streets after vacating his Flagstaff Road bungalow, “conveniently forgot” to tell Delhi residents that he already had a bungalow at 17-AB, Mathura Road, the LG secretariat said. .
He was also provided with a “seven-star office renovated at a cost of hundreds of billions of rupees” at the Delhi Secretariat and was not required to indulge in “theatrics”, the statement said.
The LG office also informed that the construction plan for the bungalow on Flagstaff Road has not been approved by the MCD so far and therefore no completion certificate has been issued.
“Therefore, the house is now clearly an illegal structure,” he said.
The BJP named the bungalow 'Sheesmahal' and campaigned against Kejriwal, alleging 'irregularities' in its construction during the Covid pandemic and filling it with expensive interiors and household items.
In the wake of the controversy, the LG's office said Delhi was struggling with “worst infrastructure and civic services” due to the AAP government's “mismanagement” over the last 10 years.
“If they had governed and worked for what they were elected to do, even for two years out of 10 years, Delhi would have been in a better position and they would not have blamed the Lt Governor and abused him. Their disastrous failure,” says LG. said the office.
The statement said that 6, Flagstaff Bungalow, which has now been allotted to Atishi after Kejriwal, has a built-up area of 1,905 square meters for the residential complex and 500 square meters for the camp office.
“In comparison, the top category of Type 8 bungalows, which are allotted to the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India, judges, ministers and others, has a built-up area of 460 square meters with an additional 100 square meters only for other services,” it said.
The LG's office alleged that the keys to the Flagstaff Road bungalow “were secretly transferred by Kejriwal or his wife directly to Atishi (through their personal staff) as if it were private property transferred from one owner to another.”
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