Not a monarchy: Bihar CM on Rabri bungalow row

Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday took a veiled dig at the RJD, the main opposition party in the state, which has been indignant over the allotment of the bungalow occupied by former CM Rabri Devi to a minister.

Choudhary referred to the tiff without mentioning the opposition party or its leaders by name and remarked, “It is not a monarchy... The mother wants one house, and the son desires another.”

The CM was addressing a gathering at Sahyog camp, recently launched by the state Government to ensure prompt resolution of people’s grievances concerning different departments, in Sheikhpura. Notably, Rabri Devi has been living at 10, Circular Road, refusing to shift to 39, Hardinge Road allotted to her in her capacity as the leader of the opposition in state legislative council. Her son Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, is the occupant of 1, Polo Road.

Choudhary, who had been a deputy CM for two years before becoming the first BJP leader to head a Government in Bihar, claimed, “I have never lived in a Government bungalow for the last several years. I have been living in my private house.”