New Delhi:
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Tuesday that she would be leaving her government bungalow by August 1, reacting strongly to what she called “fake news” that she had asked for more time.
On July 1, the government sent an eviction notice to Priyanka Gandhi for the 35 bungalow Lodhi Estate that had been allocated to her in 1997. She was told that she was no longer eligible for a bungalow after her cover of Security had been downgraded last year by the Special Protection Group, and she was asked to leave on August 1.
“Following the withdrawal of SPG protection and the granting of Z + security coverage by MHA, which does not provide for you the allocation or retention of government housing for security reasons, the allocation of house type 6B No. 35 Lodhi Estate is canceled on July 1 “A month’s concession on the same rent until August 1 is authorized according to the rules,” said the government. Priyanka Gandhi paid her dues online on same day.
A report suggested that an extension had been granted to his request.
“This is false news. I have not made such a request to the government. Pursuant to the eviction letter that was given to me on July 1, I will be leaving government housing at 35 Lodhi Estate from here August 1, “she said. said in a tweet.
Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra also posted a disclaimer on Facebook and said the family would leave a week before the deadline.
“It is completely false !! We did not ask for any extension of stay. We were sent a notice on July 1 to leave in 30 days. At one time of” Covid “we packed all our cleaning, and we will leave a week early, “wrote Vadra.