The Delhi government invested around ₹44.78 crore in the renovation of Arvind Kejriwal's official residence between 2020 and 2022, according to documents obtained by HT. This money was used to import marble, lavish furnishings, electrical fittings, and high-end kitchen appliances.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed that the mansion was old and still belonged to the government despite the buzz that the specifics of the expenditures caused on Tuesday evening. The amount spent on housing for other leaders, including the Prime Minister's residential complex being built as part of the new Central Vista, was also compared.
However, local BJP officials were quick to draw attention to the irony of a chief minister who has frequently emphasised his identity as a member of the common man spending a sizable sum of public money on the renovation of his official property. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said, “During the period from 2020 to 2022, which was the Covid phase many development works were postponed by governments due to lack of funds but the people of Delhi are shocked that during that Covid phase, the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal used ₹44.78 crore on the beautification of his home and office.”
A statement by the AAP contested this. “The house was in a dilapidated condition, having been built 80 years ago in 1942. After three serious incidents, which included the ceiling of the CM’s parents’ room falling, the ceiling of the CM’s bedroom collapsing, and the office ceiling collapsing, the Public Works Department recommended the construction of a new house,” it said.
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