‘Modi ji not giving property from his Dadihal’: Congress-BJP exchange verbal fire as Rahul Gandhi gets his bungalow back
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (Photo credit: PTI)
While the saffron party MP Ravi Kishan urged the Opposition to praise the ‘big-heartedness’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he allotted the same bungalow to Rahul Gandhi, Congress claimed that it was the MP’s right.
New Delhi: A day after his Lok Sabha membership was restored, Rahul Gandhi was on Tuesday allotted his 12 Tughlaq Lane bungalow. Soon, a war of word broke between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
While the saffron party MP Ravi Kishan urged the Opposition to praise the ‘big-heartedness’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he allotted the same bungalow to Rahul Gandhi, Congress claimed that it was the MP’s right.
“Rahul Gandhi and Congress must see the big-heartedness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, that you (Rahul Gandhi) were allotted the bungalow as SC has only stayed your conviction, not acquitted,” said the BJP MP Ravi Kishan.
“राहुल गांधी को बंगला मिला, ये मोदी जी का बड़प्पन है, कभी तो उनकी तारीफ करिए”- @ravikishann pic.twitter.com/KtSDVNZn9Y
— Utkarsh Singh (@UtkarshSingh_) August 8, 2023
The Congress party was quick to hit back at the BJP MP. Supriya Shrinate said the bungalow was not a private property of the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi is being allotted because he has been voted by the public.
अपने ददिहाल का बंगला दे रहे हैं मोदी जी?
सांसद को बंगला जनता के वोट से मिलता है – मोदी जी की दया से नहीं.
अक्ल से पैदल एक और भाजपा के शिरोमणि! https://t.co/pP4jM5uzUp
— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) August 8, 2023
Rahul and his Tughlaq Lane bungalow
On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi was once again given the 12, Tughlaq Lane residence, a day after his membership in the Lok Sabha was reinstated due to the Supreme Court’s intervention, which suspended his conviction in a defamation case.
Following his disqualification as a member of the lower house on March 24 and his subsequent two-year prison sentence for his comments on the ‘Modi surname’, the Lok Sabha’s House Committee made the decision to allocate him the bungalow he had previously been asked to vacate.
When questioned about being assigned the 12, Tughlaq Lane residence, Gandhi quipped, “Mera ghar pura Hindustan hai (The entire country is my home).”
After winning Amethi constituency during the general elections in 2004, Rahul Gandhi was initially allotted the bungalow. Subsequently, on April 22, the Lok Sabha Housing Committee issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi, requesting him to vacate the residence at 12 Tughlaq Lane.