Arvind Kejriwal won't shift to Civil Lines house

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has finally decided against shifting to the house in Civil Lines that had been offered to him by Naren Bhiku Ram Jain, son of former Congress leader Bhiku Ram Jain.

Sources indicate that the Kejriwal family is now trying to get back his old flat in Ghaziabad's Kaushambi district, initially allotted to his wife Sunita, who is a revenue department official.

Kejriwal had vacated this flat in January 2014 before moving into the official residence of Delhi chief minister on Tilak Lane.

"It has not been decided where Kejriwal will shift. However, he and his family will be vacating the Tilak Lane residence before the end of July," said Sanjay Singh, senior Aam Aadmi Party member. Party members are also looking for other houses that have been offered by supporters.

"The Kaushambi flat was given up as the family could not retain two flats allotted by the government. Now that the CM house on Tilak Lane will be vacated, Sunita will once again become entitled to the government accommodation," said a source.

Civil Lines house that had been offered to Arvind Kejriwal by Naren Bhiku Ram Jain (TOI file photo)
The Civil Lines house — 4B, Flagstaff Road — has been embroiled in controversy after Naren's brother, Virender, alleged that it was a disputed property and took the matter to court. Even the matter of the house being "offered" to Kejriwal was being questioned with Naren initially claiming that he was not even aware of who was shifting into the house.

The first indication that a house had been found for Kejriwal came through his tweet on June 20: "I have finally decided upon a house offered by Sh Naren Jain in Civil Lines area. Thanks Naren ji".

Initially Naren said he was not aware of who the tenant in the house would be but the same evening he said that the house was indeed being rented out to Kejriwal. He, however, refused to disclose the amount of rent, claiming "it would be in thousands but discounted as Kejriwal is a celebrity". All this while, Kejriwal's team maintained that the house had been offered to them for a rent of Re 1 per month.

A day later, Virender alleged that the property was disputed and hence could not be rented or sold. At this point, Naren said that he would have rented the house to Kejriwal for Re 1 per month but due to his brother's allegation, he would have Kejriwal live in the house as his guest.

However, AAP would pay for the renovation of the house. "The estimate for that was around Rs 6 lakh initially but when work started, we calculated that it would be much lower," said a party source.

However, even the renovation work had stopped as Naren waited for clarification on the matter from the high court.

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