Bungalow battle turns ugly in run-up to polls
Hindustan Times Mumbai|January 09, 2025
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took out protests and counterprotests as the shrill battle over alleged over-spending on the 6 Flag Staff Road bungalow where Arvind Kejriwal lived as chief minister played out on the streets of the national capital a day after elections for the state assembly were announced.
Paras Singh

NEW DELHI:

The AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday morning attempted to enter the bungalow, which the state Public Works Department (PWD) reclaimed on Monday, three months after allotting it to Atishi, on the grounds that she had still not taken physical possession.

The bungalow was, however, cordoned off by banks of police personnel and metal barricades, with the fortifications forcing the group to instead hold a 10-minute sit-in protest outside the house. They then went towards the Prime Minister's official residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, demanding that it be thrown open to the public "to reveal the true cost of its construction".

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