The request of Health minister Sidharthnath Singh to allocate either of bungalows vacated by Mulayam Singh Yadav or Akhilesh Yadav to him was denied with the Estate department offering that the bungalows could not be allocated to anyone at present.
Estate department officials said in lucknow on Wednesday that the bungalows vacated by SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav alongwith , BSP chief Mayawati could not be allotted to any state minister as they were ineligible for such big bungalows.
However, they said that other bungalows could be allotted to them but first the government would inform Supreme Court that these bungalows were vacated on its direction.
In a letter dated May 31 last, Singh had requested the state government that he be allotted bungalow no. 4 atVikramaditya Marg - previously home to Akhilesh or its adjoining bungalow no. 5 - previously home to Mulayam Singh.
In his letter, Singh said that the office space in his present bungalow was not big enough to accommodate his staff and visitors. Interestingly, both Akhilesh and Mulayam cited the same reason when they sought more time to vacate their respective bungalows following a Supreme Court order.
The top court had ordered that former CMs of UP should vacate bungalows that were allotted to them. Akhilesh and Mulayam had asked for two years to find suitable accommodations but Akhilesh eventually packed up and moved out on June 9.
A massive furore erupted shortly after, when it transpired that he had apparently left the bungalow in a sorry state. At that time, Siddharthnath Singh had led BJP's charge against Akhilesh and questioned how an educated politician could allow taps and tiles to be removed.
In his defence, Akhilesh had said that many of the things removed from the bungalow were put in place using his own money.