Kejriwal vacates CM residence, shifts to colleague's Lutyens' Delhi bungalow

Arvind Kejriwal vacates CM's residence, moves to new Lutyens' bungalow amid corruption allegations and political transition

Update: 2024-10-04 08:11 GMT
Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his family being welcomed by AAP MP Ashok Mittal at the latter's official residence at 5 Ferozeshah Road, in New Delhi, on Friday. Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday vacated the 6, Flagstaff Road residence to move to his new address in the Lutyens' Zone | PTI

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal vacated his 6, Flagstaff Road residence on Friday and relocated to his new address in the Lutyens' Zone.

The Aam Aadmi Party national convener was seen leaving the house in a car with his parents, wife, and two children.

Family relocates

The Kejriwal family departed for party member Ashok Mittal's official residence at 5 Ferozeshah Road near Mandi House.

Mittal is a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab and has been allocated the bungalow at the central Delhi address.

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Kejriwal resigned as chief minister last month saying he would hold the post again only after he gets a "certificate of honesty" from the people of Delhi in the Assembly polls due in February.

He had earlier said he would vacate the chief minister's residence during the auspicious Navratri period, which began Thursday.

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Corruption allegations

The BJP has accused the activist-turned-politician of corruption in the excise policy and in the reconstruction of Chief Minister bungalow.

The AAP supremo was released from Tihar jail on September 13 on a Supreme Court-approved bail after five months of being lodged there in the excise policy case.

(With agency inputs)

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