Lucknow: Samajwadi patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and Samajwadi president Akhilesh Yadav have finally vacated their bungalows allotted to them as former chief ministers, a day before the 15-day deadline given to them expires on Sunday.
BSP chief Mayawati also moved out of what she calls a memorial to party founder Kanshi Ram.
Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, in fact, left his bungalow on Friday night and stayed at the suite no. 102 of the VVIP guest house and left for Delhi on Saturday. Mr Akhilesh Yadav and his family vacated his bungalow at 4 Vikramaditya Marg on Saturday and moved to the VVIP guest house.
Mr Akhilesh Yadav has booked four suites at the VVIP guest house. The suites have been booked in the name of Mr Akhilesh Yadav, Ms Dimple Yadav, and party MPs Sanjay Seth and Surendra Nagar.
According to sources, the father and son will soon be shifting into four villas at the Ansal API Golf City on Shaheed Path.
These premium villas in the new township are being given finishing touches and are likely to be ready to move in within a week. Each villa is said to cost Rs three crore each.
Though it is not yet clear if these villas have been taken on rent or purchased, modifications have been made to suit the two leaders. Mr Akhilesh Yadav, sources said, will stay in one villa while the other will be used as his office. Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav will stay in the third villa with his wife and the fourth villa will be for his younger son Prateek Yadav.
Meanwhile, among the other former chief ministers, Mr Rajnath Singh and Mr Kalyan Singh have already vacated their official bungalows.
Former chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari, however, is yet to vacate his residence at 1 Mall Avenue, Mr Tiwari’s wife Ujjwala Tiwari had written a letter to CM saying that her husband was hospitalized in Delhi and hence she was not in a position to vacate the bungalow. Acting on the SC order last month, the UP estates department had issued notices to six former chief ministers.
