Kejriwal's House riddle,
New CM Atishi May not live in 'Sheel Mahal', Official meetings may be held
Arvind Kejriwal who quit as Delhi Chief Minister in a surprise move, is all set to dump the controversial “Sheesh Mahal” bungalow. If reports are to be believed, even Delhi's new Chief Minister Atishi Singh may not immediately move to the official CM's 6 Flagstaff Road bungalow residence, Civil Lines. Currently, she is officially living at Mathura Road official residence allotted to her as a minister in the Delhi government. But for all practical purposes, Manish Sisodia's family is living there and Atishi Singh frequently visits the Mathura Road residence. But now that she has become the Chief Minister, this arrangement may be difficult to continue. Secondly, Atishi being only a stop gap Chief Minister until the new Assembly is elected in February 2025, she may prefer to stay put where she is currently residing.
As per convention, a chief minister should move out of the CM’s official residence within two-three weeks of his/her resignation being accepted. No government bungalow had been allotted for former Chief Ministers of Delhi like Sheila Dixit, Madanlal Khurana, Sushma Swaraj and Sahib Singh Verma. But they all had their own houses. In the case of Kejriwal, he claimed that he doesn't own any house in Delhi. Therefore, he is on the look out for a rented accommodation as a “commoner”. Even last time, when Kejriwal resigned from the CM's post, he went to stay at his private flat at Kaushambi in Ghaziabad. However, there are reports that he might have sold this flat a few years ago.
Hence, Arvind Kejriwal needs to find a new house for himself. It is learnt that Kjriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal is busy house hunting.
