Sushil slams Nitish for keeping house allotted to him as ex-CM

Patna, Sep 6 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Moditoday hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for not vacatinga bungalow which was alloted to him as a former CM, despiteshifting to his official accommodation recently. "Kumar has recently moved to his official residence at1, Anne Marg, but he is yet to vacate another bungalowallotted to him in his capacity as ex-Chief Minister about twoyears ago," he told reporters on the sidelines of the weeklyJanata Durbar at his residence. Propriety demands that the Chief Minister must not keeptwo official accommodations at the same time and Kumar shouldvacate the bungalow at 7, Circular Road at the earlier aftermoving to the official residence recently, Sushil said. The senior BJP leader also charged Kumar with wastefulexpenditure worth crores of rupees on renovation andinstallation of high-tech communication network at his 7,Ciruclar Road residence. The former deputy chief minister assailed Kumar foradopting double standards on maintenance and renovation ofhouses allotted to former CMs and alleged that in contrast tohuge expenditure for renovation and upkeep of the bungalow inpossession of Kumar as ex-CM, no worthwhile amount has beenspent on maintenance of official residences of other ex-CMs.PTI KDK DKBMNG