Ajit Singh Bungalow

After 118 days of unauthorised stay and a bitter stand-off with the government, former union Minister Ajit Singh today finally vacated the 12 Tughlaq Road bungalow in New Delhi.

Key roads near Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in Delhi have been shut today over an anticipated rally by supporters of Uttar Pradesh politician Ajit Singh, who is fighting to keep a government bungalow.

In his reply to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Venkaiah Naidu pointed out that in 2000, the Union cabinet had "banned such conversions and this has been issued as a policy guideline". Further, in July 2013, the Supreme Court had also asked the Centre not to convert bungalows into memorials, he wrote.

The Centre's action against former ministers overstaying at their official bungalows met with politics and a stiff roadblock on Thursday. Protesters from the Rashtriya Lok Dal fought a pitched battle with the police practically in Delhi's backyard against the eviction of their chief Ajit Singh.

Just days after the water and power supply to former Union cabinet minister Ajit Singh's 12 Tughlaq Road residence in New Delhi were snapped for over-staying, leaders of farmers' unions including some from his party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, made fresh demands to convert the bungalow into a memorial to former Prime Minister and Ajit Singh's father, C...

Getting former UPA ministers to vacate government bungalows is proving to be a tough task for the Modi government.

After 118 days of unauthorised stay and a bitter stand-off with the government, former union Minister Ajit Singh today finally vacated the 12 Tughlaq Road bungalow in New Delhi.

Key roads near Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in Delhi have been shut today over an anticipated rally by supporters of Uttar Pradesh politician Ajit Singh, who is fighting to keep a government bungalow.

In his reply to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Venkaiah Naidu pointed out that in 2000, the Union cabinet had "banned such conversions and this has been issued as a policy guideline". Further, in July 2013, the Supreme Court had also asked the Centre not to convert bungalows into memorials, he wrote.

The Centre's action against former ministers overstaying at their official bungalows met with politics and a stiff roadblock on Thursday. Protesters from the Rashtriya Lok Dal fought a pitched battle with the police practically in Delhi's backyard against the eviction of their chief Ajit Singh.

Just days after the water and power supply to former Union cabinet minister Ajit Singh's 12 Tughlaq Road residence in New Delhi were snapped for over-staying, leaders of farmers' unions including some from his party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, made fresh demands to convert the bungalow into a memorial to former Prime Minister and Ajit Singh's father, C...

Getting former UPA ministers to vacate government bungalows is proving to be a tough task for the Modi government.