Rekha Gupta has taken over as the Chief Minister of Delhi. The allocation of departments within the Delhi government has been finalized and Gupta’s active approach is already visible. His first cabinet meeting approved the Ayushman Bharat Scheme and CAG report. However, now there is a question in everyone’s mind that where will the Chief Minister Rekha Gupta live? She has already made it clear that she will not live in ‘Sheesh Mahal’. He said that his plan is to convert Sheesh Mahal into a museum.
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Meanwhile, discussion and preparations are going on where the new Chief Minister will remain. The Public Works Department (PWD) has shortlisted three options for Rekha Gupta’s official residence. Two of these luxurious bungalows are located on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg in Central Delhi, where both Delhi BJP office and BJP’s national headquarters are located. The third bungalow is on Rajpur Road in Civil Lines, North Delhi. Officials have confirmed that the repair work on these properties has been completed, and they were selected as an alternative only after finalizing this work.
A PWD official said that these bungalows were selected from the residential pool of the department but have not yet been finalized. These options will be presented to the new Chief Minister, who can personally inspect them and choose one. After approval from the General Administration Department (GAD), the selected bungalow will be officially allocated. The official said that when the Chief Minister will take his decision, there is no fixed deadline.
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Some time ago, BJP leaders had said that Delhi’s new Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will not stay in the bungalow at Flag Staff Road – the same house which the BJP often refers to as ‘Sheesh Mahal’. The bungalow was previously occupied by Arvind Kejriwal and the BJP was constantly criticized. Before taking the oath, Rekha Gupta confirmed that she would not go to ‘Sheesh Mahal’. Currently, she lives in her private residence in her home constituency Shalimar Bagh.