Times
of India: New Delhi: Thursday, 23 April 2015.
With the
burden on public exchequer increasing on account of accommodating 30 Lok Sabha
MPs in Hotel Ashok, the parliamentary House committee has decided to shift them
to government guest houses by Saturday.
A government
source said the decision was taken at the panel's meeting on Wednesday.
"If anyone stays in the hotel beyond April 25, he has to pay the charges.
We will find transit accommodation for the MPs," a source said.
The MPs
staying in Hotel Ashok are from Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Gujarat, Bihar,
Madhya Pradesh and one from Delhi. Sources said representatives of state guest
houses, who were present in the House Committee meeting, expressed their
inability to provide transit accommodation since they have high accommodation
demand from MLAs, state government officials and other dignitaries who visit
the national capital.
TOI has
learnt that houses have been allotted to 13 of the MPs staying in Hotel Ashok.
But they have expressed reservations regarding the allotted houses. In the case
of the remaining 17 MPs, it will take little longer to allot them government
houses. "This is because already these houses are occupied by senior MPs
who are now entitled for bigger houses. Until they get new houses, first time
MPs cannot move in. Efforts are on to resolve all these issues," said an
urban development ministry official.
As per
details disclosed by UD ministry in an RTI response, Hotel Ashok was charging
Rs 7,000 per day only for accommodation till September 2014, and now it has
been increased to Rs 9,000. Similarly, in the case of Samrat and Janpath the
rent has been revised from Rs 6,000 per day to Rs 7,000.
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