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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Meira allotted 2 bungalows?

Meira allotted 2 bungalows?

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published Published on Jun 12, 2010   modified Modified on Jun 12, 2010

Conflicting replies from the government relating to the 6 Krishna Menon Marg bungalow has deepened the mystery around the house. Two departments of the urban development ministry seem to have contrasting views on the issue with the Directorate of Estates saying the bungalow, which was allotted to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar during her tenure as a minister in UPA-1, is yet to be allotted to someone, while CPWD has said that it is still in the name of the Speaker.

Kumar was allotted another bungalow at 20 Akbar Road after she was elected Lok Sabha Speaker last year.

Replying to an RTI query by S C Agrawal, CPWD on June 3 said, "As per office records, bungalow number 6 Krishna Menon Marg is in the name of Meira Kumar." Earlier, J P Rath, deputy director of estates, had said that the bungalow "is yet to be allotted".

According to allotment rules, a MP cannot be allotted two bungalows at the same time. "I appeal that reply to the query may be made clear especially because Meira Kumar has since been allotted another bungalow in her capacity as Speaker of Lok Sabha, and a person cannot be entitled simultaneously for two government bungalows," Agrawal said in his appeal before CPWD.

The bungalow, where Kumar's father and former deputy prime minister Babu Jagjivan Ram had lived for nearly four decades, has remained with the family even after his death in 1986 except for a brief period.

After his death, there were efforts to convert the bungalow into a memorial which could not materialise because of the government's policy against letting houses owned by it to be converted into memorials.


The Times of India, 12 June, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Meira-allotted-2-bungalows/articleshow/6039260.cms


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