{"id":58073,"date":"2025-02-10T14:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=58073"},"modified":"2025-02-10T14:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:40:22","slug":"bjp-asks-delhi-lt-governor-to-restore-sheesh-mahal-to-original-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=58073","title":{"rendered":"BJP Asks Delhi Lt Governor To Restore “Sheesh Mahal” To Original State"},"content":{"rendered":"

The merger of four properties to expand the grounds of “Sheesh Mahal” — the Delhi Chief Minister’s official residence at 6, Flagstaff Road – could be cancelled by Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena following a request by the BJP. The building, originally intended as a Type 5 bungalow, has been converted into a Type 8, reserved only for senior cabinet ministers, the BJP has contended. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The conversion of the bungalow, a Rs 33.6 crore makeover, had converted into a palace fitted with jacuzzi and gold-plated toilets suitable for the uber rich. In the hands of the BJP, it turned into a potent political weapon that helped end the 10-year rule of Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said the bungalow was expanded by merging four government properties and he has written to the Lt Governor for cancelling the amalgamation.<\/p>\n

Mr Kejriwal had transformed the bungalow into “an ultra-luxurious ‘Sheesh Mahal’ by “illegally annexing” neighbouring government properties, Mr Gupta had written to the LG. “The scope of these unauthorized alterations is particularly concerning. What was meant to be a standard official residence has been transformed into a lavish complex spanning more than 50,000 square meters,” his letter read.<\/p>\n

The BJP has already declared that the new Chief Minister would not live in the bungalow and it is likely to be turned into a museum. \u00a0
\nThe new government will take a final call regarding future use of the bungalow.<\/p>\n

The reconstructed bungalow was the official residence of Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi Chief Minister from 2015 to October 2024 when he vacated it after resigning from the top post.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe merger of four properties to expand the grounds of “Sheesh Mahal” — the Delhi Chief Minister’s official residence at 6, Flagstaff Road – has been cancelled by Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena following a request by the BJP.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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