The Indian Express: Delhi: Sunday, April 6, 2025.
Hitting back, the AAP reiterated that it was “a government house, not his private property” and if the BJP wanted to “politicise homes, let PM Narendra Modi open up his Rajmaha”.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sparred over AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s
official residence when he was chief minister 6, Flag Staff Road in Civil Lines
yet again on Saturday following information on its maintenance that emerged in
an RTI query.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, in a press conference, claimed that an RTI query, filed by a citizen from Maharashtra seeking details on the maintenance expenses for the general wear and tear, sewage, electricity, and structural work at 6, Flag Staff Road, revealed it was done at a cost of almost Rs 30 crore between 2015 and 2022.
Hitting back, the AAP reiterated that it was “a government house, not his private property” and if the BJP wanted to “politicise homes, let PM Narendra Modi open up his Rajmaha”.
“According to the RTI response, between March 31, 2015, and December 27, 2022, a total of Rs 29,56,35,074 was spent on maintenance work related to the general wear and tear, sewage, electricity, and structural work of Arvind Kejriwal’s bungalow on Flag Staff Road,” Sachdeva claimed.
“This means, on average, Rs 3,69,54,384 was spent annually on maintenance of Kejriwal’s old bungalow over the 8 years from 2015 to 2022… an annual maintenance cost of Rs 3.69 crore for a single government bungalow suggests that Kejriwal either maintained it at a royal standard or, more likely, was involved in corrupt practices,” he futher alleged. The AAP responded by stating that it had demanded that both the residences including that of PM Modi should be opened to the public, “but they blocked the media and hid behind police barricades”.
“Elections are over. BJP is in power and they’ve betrayed Delhi. No Rs 2,500 for women, no free cylinders on Holi. Just ‘jumlas’ (false promises). Now they’re dragging Delhi back into the era of darkness rampant power cuts, arbitrary fee hikes in private schools, medicine shortages, and scrapping free bus rides for women. And while Delhi suffers, the BJP president is busy hurling abuses at Kejriwal just to distract from public anger,” the AAP countered.
Hitting back, the AAP reiterated that it was “a government house, not his private property” and if the BJP wanted to “politicise homes, let PM Narendra Modi open up his Rajmaha”.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, in a press conference, claimed that an RTI query, filed by a citizen from Maharashtra seeking details on the maintenance expenses for the general wear and tear, sewage, electricity, and structural work at 6, Flag Staff Road, revealed it was done at a cost of almost Rs 30 crore between 2015 and 2022.
Hitting back, the AAP reiterated that it was “a government house, not his private property” and if the BJP wanted to “politicise homes, let PM Narendra Modi open up his Rajmaha”.
“According to the RTI response, between March 31, 2015, and December 27, 2022, a total of Rs 29,56,35,074 was spent on maintenance work related to the general wear and tear, sewage, electricity, and structural work of Arvind Kejriwal’s bungalow on Flag Staff Road,” Sachdeva claimed.
“This means, on average, Rs 3,69,54,384 was spent annually on maintenance of Kejriwal’s old bungalow over the 8 years from 2015 to 2022… an annual maintenance cost of Rs 3.69 crore for a single government bungalow suggests that Kejriwal either maintained it at a royal standard or, more likely, was involved in corrupt practices,” he futher alleged. The AAP responded by stating that it had demanded that both the residences including that of PM Modi should be opened to the public, “but they blocked the media and hid behind police barricades”.
“Elections are over. BJP is in power and they’ve betrayed Delhi. No Rs 2,500 for women, no free cylinders on Holi. Just ‘jumlas’ (false promises). Now they’re dragging Delhi back into the era of darkness rampant power cuts, arbitrary fee hikes in private schools, medicine shortages, and scrapping free bus rides for women. And while Delhi suffers, the BJP president is busy hurling abuses at Kejriwal just to distract from public anger,” the AAP countered.
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