Bhopal: Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday alleged that amid the lockdown, the BJP- led state authorities has served notices to 24 former ministers who have been a part of the earlier Kamal Nath dispensation, asking them to vacate the official bungalows allotted to them.
The ruling BJP, nonetheless, termed it as a “routine administrative procedure” geared toward accommodating the brand new ministers in these bungalows.
The Congress leaders questioned the federal government’s transfer because it got here amid the continuing COVID-19 lockdown.
“Shocking action of MP government; In the midst of corona pandemic, the authorities issued eviction notices to 24 Congress ex-ministers in the hot spot Bhopal, asking them to vacate government residences,” Congress Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha alleged in a tweet on Wednesday.
“@ChouhanShivraj (CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan) and @drnarottammisra (Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra) personally ensuring (this). SC/HC (Supreme Court and High Court) bar(red) coercive action in corona time,” he alleged.
In an announcement, All India Congress Committee (AICC) media coordinator Abhay Dubey mentioned the federal government took this motion out of frustration.
“The Kamal Nath government never prejudicially took such action during its tenure. On Wednesday, the government accommodation of former Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot was illegally sealed, which is located in the containment zone of Bhopal,” Mr Dubey mentioned.
Mr Bhanot’s residence is situated in Char Imli space, which is a containment zone after the coronavirus constructive instances have been discovered within the locality.
State Home Minister Narottam Mishra, nonetheless, instructed reporters that issuing eviction notices is a part of a routine course of.
“Whenever a new government comes to power, the ministers in the previous dispensation have to vacate the bungalows,” he mentioned.
State BJP spokesman Rajneesh Agrawal mentioned, “Whether in power or not, the Congress leaders have intense desire to get the government facilities. The government accommodations are not provided to settle down. These bungalows are allotted as a minister so that they can perform the work.”
He mentioned that the notices have been served as per the legislation, nobody might be handled insensitively.
This is just not a violation of any pointers or guidelines, he mentioned, including that it is a routine administrative course of to get the home vacated from outdated ministers to accommodate new ones.