Delhi's Civil Lines to be Arvind Kejriwal's new address

NEW DELHI: Aam Admi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will be shifting to new house in Civil Lines area of New Delhi by the end of this month. He had been living in a government accommodation provided to him on Tilak Lane as the chief minister of Delhi.

Kejriwal had sought permission to stay at the bunglow, after resigning as chief minister, till his daughter’s class XII exams got over.

His new address — 4, Flagstaff Road in upscale Civil Lines — once used to be owned by author Salman Rushdie’s ancestors. The current owner of the house is Naren Jain, an AAP supporter, son of senior Congress leader, late Bhiku Ram Jain.

“I have finally decided upon a house offered by Sh Naren Jain in Civil Lines area. Thanks Naren ji,” said Kejriwal in a tweet.

The Delhi government, in March, had issued a notice to Kejriwal asking him to pay a monthly rent of Rs 85,000 for the flat at C-II/23, Tilak Lane, in Central Delhi. Kejriwal’s IIT batch mates had been paying the rent for this accommodation. Prior to living in Tilak Lane, the family was staying at his wife, Sunita’s official residence in Kaushambi, Ghaziabad.