Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been re-allotted his old government bungalow, a day after his Lok Sabha membership was restored as per the directive of the Supreme Court. Gandhi vacated his 12, Tughlaq Lane bungalow in April and shifted to his mother Sonia Gandhis’ residence in the national capital following his disqualification from Lok Sabha.
Gandhi was barred from serving in the lower house on March 24 after a Surat metropolitan court sentenced him to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case involving a slur against the ‘Modi’ surname. The Lok Sabha secretariat reinstated him as an MP on Monday, just days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the defamation case.
After winning from Amethi in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the MP from Kerala’s Wayanad was given the government residence at 12, Tughlak Lane.
“The people of Hindustan gave me this house for 19 years. I want to thank them. There is a price for speaking the truth these days. Whatever the cost, I will pay it,” he said after vacating the bungalow in April.
There were speculations in July that Gandhi was planning to relocate to the home of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit in Delhi. Sandeep Dikshit, Congress MP and son of Sheila Dixit, is currently residing at this property at B2 Nizamuddin East in the South Delhi district.
According to party national secretary KC Venugopal, Gandhi would visit Wayanad on August 12-13, his first trip to his constituency after being reinstalled as a member of Parliament.
“On 12-13 August, Sh. @RahulGandhi ji will be in his constituency Wayanad! The people of Wayanad are elated that democracy has won, their voice has returned to Parliament! Rahul ji is not just an MP but a member of their family!” Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said in a tweet.
