Priyanka gandhi Vadra has been told that if she stays beyond August 1, she will have to pay penalty.
New Delhi, July 1:
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been asked to vacate her government bungalow in Delhi by August 1. A government notice said her allotment stands cancelled from today and she owes Rs 3.46 lakh in dues.
In the notice, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said Priyanka Gandhi must exit bungalow 35 on Lodi Estate allotted to her in 1997 as she no longer has Special Protection Group security. She is not entitled to a bungalow, said officials, unless the home ministry makes an exception on grounds of security.
“Consequent upon withdrawal of SPG protection and grant of Z+ security cover by Ministry of Home Affairs, which does not have provision for allotment/retention of government accommodation on security ground to you, the allotment of Type 6B house number 35, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi is hereby cancelled with effect from 01/07/2020,” said the ministry’s notice.
Priyanka Gandhi has been told that if she stays beyond August 1, she will have to pay penalty.
Elite SPG cover given to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi since the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was withdrawn in November last year. The SPG, a 3000-strong crack commando force that comes with armoured vehicles, now only protects Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Unlike her mother and brother, Priyanka Gandhi is not an MP and therefore, not entitled to a government bungalow, said an official of the ministry.
Soon after the government’s move to downgrade the Gandhis’ protection to Z+ category last year, the Congress had alleged a security breach at Priyanka Gandhi’s house. On November 25, 2019, a car drove into Priyanka Gandhi’s home in Delhi without being stopped. Home Minister Amit Shah rubbished the allegation, saying the car had Congress workers. He said Rahul Gandhi was scheduled to visit his sister at the time so when a similar SUV drove in no one stopped it.
