Amidst the heated war of words between the BJP and Congress in current the stand-off with China, the government as Congress leader and General Secretary and in charge of Uttar Pradesh East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to vacate her bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi within a month following withdrawal of her SPG protection.
According to an order issued by the Union housing and urban affairs ministry, Gandhi was asked to vacate her bungalow on or before August 1 failing which “it will attract damage charges/penal rent as per rules”.
The government had in November last year replaced the Special Protection Group cover of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, with Z-plus security by the Central Reserve Police Force.
The Z-plus security does not entail such a facility and she has to vacate 35 Lodhi Estate bungalow, officials said.