Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been asked to vacate her 35 Lodhi Estate bungalow within a month after the government cancelled the allotment.
The Congress leader has been asked to vacate her 35 Lodhi Estate bungalow within a month after the government cancelled the allotment.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has cancelled the allotment of Priyanka Gandhi's bungalow after her SPG cover was withdrawn by the government in November 2019.
Priyanka Gandhi has been living in the three-room Type VI bungalow since 1997.
It was allotted to her despite being a private citizen on the account of Priyanka Gandhi having been a Special Protection Group (SPG) protectee. The SPG rules allow all the protectees to get government accommodation. Priyanka Gandhi, however, pays rent for the Lodhi Estate bungalow.
Under a changed SPG Act, only the prime minister of the day and immediate family and former PMs and their families for five years are given SPG protection.
Congress sources have revealed Priyanka Gandhi will be complying with the government order and will soon vacate the house. Sources also added that she will not be commenting on the move.
In November 2019, the government had removed the Gandhi family -- Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka from the list of SPG protectees after the SPG Act was amended by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Gandhi family got SPG protection after the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. They, however, continue to be under Z-plus security cover.
In November 2019, the government had removed the Gandhi family -- Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka from the list of SPG protectees after the SPG Act was amended by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Gandhi family got SPG protection after the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. They, however, continue to be under Z-plus security cover.
Weeks after the removal of the SPG cover, there was a security breach at Priyanka Gandhi's residence when a Congress worker and two others entered the bungalow premises without any checks.Priyanka Gandhi had said that the withdrawal of SPG protection is a part of politics and said such things keep happening.