Will you ever vacate? Power and water supply to Ajit Singh's former official residence cut off

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The News Minute | September 13, 2014 | 06:42 pm IST Power and water supply to 12 Tughlaq Road, the official residence which was allotted to the RLD politician Ajit Singh during his term as a MP from 2009-14, has been cut off. He had lost the parliamentary elections from Baghpat constituency and was supposed to vacate the official residence. He was one among the 61 former MPs who had been served an eviction notice this July. Only three houses, those occupied by Ajit Singh, Jitendra Singh and Mohammad Azharuddin remain to be vacated, reported the Hindustan Times. RLD members had on Tuesday blocked the officials from the urban development ministry who had gone to the residence to initiate eviction proceedings. The officials had to eventually retreat. Today the New Delhi Municipal Corporation has cut off the power and water supply to the house. Ajit Singh said had earlier said that his father, the former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh was allotted the same residence and his family had been living there for the last 36 years. He had then said that he, however, had got a house on rent and would be moving there soon. He is now reported to have said that he is not vacating because this is an inauspicious time according to the Hindu calendar. His supporters have reportedly installed a generator for temporary power supply. The residence is now allotted to Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who is presently living in a private hotel.

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