Patna HC rejects Tejashwi's petition challenging Bihar govt order to clear bungalow

Patna, Jan 7 RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav got a misfortune on Monday, when the Patna High Court expelled his appeal challenging the Bihar government's order asking him to vacate the bungalow allotted to him while he was the deputy chief minister.

A division seat of Chief Justice A P Sahi and Justice Anjana Mishra rejected the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader's appeal challenging a single-judge order dated October 6, 2018, which had turned down his appeal to against the state government's direction.

The single-judge order had said "the petitioner has been allotted a bungalow, matching his status as a minister in the government, at 1, Polo Road, Patna. He can't raise complaint on the decision so taken, simply because the present bungalow is more suited to him".

Yadav, who is presently the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, occupies the 5, Desh Ratna Marg cottage, which is at a stone's throw from the Raj Bhavan and the central Ministers official home.

The Nitish Kumar government has asked Yadav to swap habitations with Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who lives in 1, Polo Road, arranged about a kilometre away.