Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri on Thursday said that in some cases, the government “regularises” the continued occupation of bungalows by those who get “another job”, when asked why former Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad had retained his official accommodation.
Mr. Puri, however, did not comment on any individual case. Mr. Azad, who was the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha till his retirement in February 2021, has continued to occupy the 5, South Avenue Lane house allotted to him while he was a Member of Parliament.
Asked during a press conference why Mr. Azad had retained the bungalow, Mr. Puri said, “There are some others also. Slowly, they are going. We also regularise.” He said if someone was staying in a bungalow, “and then gets another, so we regularise it. But I don’t think I should comment on individual cases.”
