Times of India: New Delhi: Tuesday, October 01, 2013.
Political
leaders of different ideologies and hues whether S M Krishna, L K Advani,
Sharad Yadav, Pawan Kumar Bansal or Dayanidhi Maran have one thing in common.
They are all unauthorized occupants of ministerial bungalows, according to the
urban development ministry. The data given by the ministry under the RTI shows
that there are 36 former Union ministers who continue to squat on ministerial
accommodation even after relinquishing office.
The
information was given in response to an RTI filed by activist S C Agrawal.
Among those
who have been listed as unauthorized occupants include Congress leaders like
Mukul Wasnik, Ambika Soni, Ajay Maken, Subodh Kant Sahay, Saifuddin Soz, C P
Joshi, Pawan Bansal, S M Krishna. BJP leaders including Advani, Arun Jaitley,
Sushma Swaraj, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ravi Shanakr Prasad, DMK's Dayanidhi Maran, M
K Alagiri and T R Baalu, RJD's Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Trinamool Congress's
Saugata Ray and C M Jatua.
Agrawal had
sought information on which MPs continued to occupy ministerial accommodation
despite resigning from their position. In its response UD ministry's
directorate of estates said that the ``primary responsibility for allotment of
accommodation to the members of Parliament rests with the respective House
committee (Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha secretariat) concerned. As per the existing
guidelines the former union ministers who continue to be sitting members of
Parliament are allowed retention of their ministerial accommodation till they
are allotted their entitled category of accommodation from the respective LS/RS
House committee concerned.''
The
department added that they had already asked both secretariats to allot
accommodation according to their entitlement.
Among the
officials who have been put on the unauthorized list by the UD ministry include
former NSA Vijaya Latha Reddy, BSF director-general U K Bansal and UPSC former
member Prof Purushottam Agarwal.
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