Around 5 pm on Tuesday, a news flashes on TV channels that the Building Construction Department of Bihar Government has ordered former Chief Minister Rabri Devi to vacate the government bungalow located at 10 Circular Road. After this news came in the media, discussion started as to under whose pressure the government has taken this decision. Has CM Nitish done this at the behest of ally Bharatiya Janata Party or has this order been taken on the basis of the decision regarding which Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav had once gone to Patna High Court.

Regarding which matter did Tejashwi go to Patna High Court?

When the Grand Alliance government was formed in 2015, Tejashwi Yadav was made the Deputy CM in that government. After which he was given a bungalow at 5 Deshratna Marg by the Bihar government to live in. Later, after the change of the Grand Alliance government in 2017, he received a notice to vacate the bungalow. On which Tejashwi Yadav refused to vacate the bungalow and went to Patna High Court against this decision, but the High Court refused to give him relief. Further, while hearing this matter, on 19 February 2019, the High Court not only ordered Tejashwi Yadav to vacate 5 Deshratna Marg, but also took a big decision and ended the facility of providing government bungalow, vehicle, security and staff to the former Chief Ministers. This decision also affected Rabri Devi, but at that time she was the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council, hence 10 Circular Road remained with her.

Former CM is not entitled to a big bungalow

After the court order, when it became clear that government bungalows would no longer be allotted to former Chief Ministers, it affected the Lalu family as well. According to government rules, Rabri Devi cannot get a big bungalow now, but being the leader of opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council, she will definitely get a government bungalow. But it will be smaller than before. While issuing a formal letter in this regard, Joint Secretary-cum-Real Estate Officer of Building Construction Department, Shiv Ranjan said that since Rabri Devi is now holding the post of Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council, hence she is being allotted this new bungalow on Harding Road from the quota of Leader of Opposition. Now they will have to leave their present residence, 10 Circular Road.

Rabri residence had become power center in RJD

After ruling Bihar for about one and a half decade, when the Lalu family lost power in 2005, Rabri Devi was the Chief Minister of the state at that time. Being a former Chief Minister, she was allotted a new bungalow with almost the same facilities next to the CM residence to live in. Which later became famous by the name of Rabri Awas. After this the Lalu family stayed here for the next 20 years. Whether power changes, alliances break, governments leave or are formed, 10 Circular Road continues to be allotted in the name of Rabri Devi.

BJP’s imprint visible on government decisions

Whichever coalition government there may have been in Bihar, Nitish Kumar never showed strictness on this bungalow of Lalu family, but this time the BJP’s imprint is clearly visible in the government’s decisions. Those who have even a little interest in politics know that BJP never gives its opponents a chance to recover. As soon as he leaves a case, somehow or the other, she gets him entangled again in legal complications and keeps him away from the land and the work of the organization.

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