11-25-2005, 02:39 AM
Rabri to vacate CM's Bungalow
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->PATNA: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi would be moving out of the sprawling 1 Anne Marg bungalow after 15 years, with the authorities Thursday asking her to vacate it within seven days.
She has been asked to make way for Nitish Kumar, sworn in as the new chief minister.
"The state government-owned building construction department has written to Rabri Devi to vacate her official bungalow with a deadline of seven days," official sources said.
Rabri Devi and her husband Lalu Prasad, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Railway Minister, have been living in the bungalow since March 10, 1990.
<b>They moved into the palatial building along with their nine children when Lalu Prasad first became the chief minister</b>.
<b>The family was at that time staying in a government quarter for peons, allotted to Lalu Prasad's brother who worked in a college.</b>
The couple continued to stay in the bungalow despite Rabri Devi failing to become chief minister after the February assembly elections. They were not asked to vacate it during the President's rule in the state.
Sources close to Rabri Devi said her luggage was being shifted to a house allotted to Lalu Prasad in his capacity as the RJD chief.
<b>Her cattle, including around 50 cows</b>, will also be moved to the new house, which shares its boundary with 1 Anne Marg bubgalow.
Though the bungalow was not notified as the official residence of Bihar chief minister, it was regarded as the best and most suitable, situated in high security zone near the governor house.
Arrangements have been made for Nitish Kumar to stay in a state guesthouse near 1 Anne Marg. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->PATNA: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi would be moving out of the sprawling 1 Anne Marg bungalow after 15 years, with the authorities Thursday asking her to vacate it within seven days.
She has been asked to make way for Nitish Kumar, sworn in as the new chief minister.
"The state government-owned building construction department has written to Rabri Devi to vacate her official bungalow with a deadline of seven days," official sources said.
Rabri Devi and her husband Lalu Prasad, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Railway Minister, have been living in the bungalow since March 10, 1990.
<b>They moved into the palatial building along with their nine children when Lalu Prasad first became the chief minister</b>.
<b>The family was at that time staying in a government quarter for peons, allotted to Lalu Prasad's brother who worked in a college.</b>
The couple continued to stay in the bungalow despite Rabri Devi failing to become chief minister after the February assembly elections. They were not asked to vacate it during the President's rule in the state.
Sources close to Rabri Devi said her luggage was being shifted to a house allotted to Lalu Prasad in his capacity as the RJD chief.
<b>Her cattle, including around 50 cows</b>, will also be moved to the new house, which shares its boundary with 1 Anne Marg bubgalow.
Though the bungalow was not notified as the official residence of Bihar chief minister, it was regarded as the best and most suitable, situated in high security zone near the governor house.
Arrangements have been made for Nitish Kumar to stay in a state guesthouse near 1 Anne Marg. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->