RLD chief Ajit Singh vacates govt bungalow, yet to pay fine

RLD chief Ajit Singh

After 118 days of unauthorised stay and a bitter stand-off with the government, former union Minister Ajit Singh on Friday finally vacated the 12 Tughlaq Road bungalow here. Singh, who had resisted eviction and demanded that the government accommodation be converted into a memorial for his father former prime minister Charan Singh, handed over the bungalow to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), according to a senior Urban Development Ministry.
The official said though Singh vacated the bungalow, he is yet to clear the penal rent for his unauthorised stay of 118 days.
The penalty for overstaying is 55 times more than the monthly rent of Rs 3,500 per month.
According to the official, it comes to over Rs 7 lakh now as the penalty will be calculated from June 27.
With the handing over the Type VIII bungalow at Tughlaq Road, the tussle over the sprawling property at Lutyens zone between the government and the RLD leader has come to an end.