Former UPA bigwigs Jaipal Reddy, Ajit Singh, Krishna Tirath, Sachin Pilot, MM Palam Raju, Girija Vyas, Farooq Abdullah, Beni Prasad Varma, Kapil Sibal and Srikant Jena are among 16 former Ministers who have been served eviction notices for unauthorised stay in Government accommodation.
This apart, another 21 former Ministers, who are staying in General Pool Bungalows, have been given 15 days’ time to move into their entitled accommodation to be provided by respective House Committees. Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu in a written reply told the lok Sabha on Wednesday that the former Ministers served with eviction notices owe a total damage charges of Rs 20,92,463 for one month of unauthorised stay till July 26.
Naidu said damage charges ranged from Rs 53,250 per month in case of Type V accommodation of lalchand Kataria to Rs 2,43,678 for Type VIII accommodation of Jaipal Reddy. The 21 other former Ministers who are members of either Rajya Sabha or lok Sabha have been advised to obtain accommodation from their respective pools.
They include AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjuna Kharge, Veerappa Moily, Vyalar Ravi, Oscar Fernandes, Jairam Ramesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, KV Thomas, K Rahman Khan, KH Muniyappa, Shashi Tharoor, K Chiranjivi, Mullappally Ramachandran, Rajiv Shukla, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, AH Khan Choudhury, Ninon Erring, EM Sudershan Nachiappan, KC Venugopal and J Seelam.
Besides, Naidu said a total of 683 flats ranging from Type I to Type VII are under unauthorised occupation of former employees and others for a period ranging from one month to 21 years. All of them have been issued eviction notices.