RJD evicted from Delhi office, Laloo cries foul

In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Yadav said the RJD office in New Delhi was running at 2, Motilal Nehru Marg, the house allotted in the name of Md Taslimuddin. After he (Taslimuddin) lost the Lok Sabha elections, the speaker G M C Balayogi was requested to transfer the house in the name of Kanti Singh, the party MP from Vikramganj.

Since the house did not belong to the Lok Sabha pool, the Speaker asked the concerned authorities to put the house in the Lok Sabha pool. "We were thinking, since the Speaker had asked to put the house in the Lok Sabha pool, it would be allotted in the name of Kanti Singh …. and the party office would continue in the same house," Laloo said.

He lamented that the CPWD, without replying to the letter of the Speaker, forcibly vacated the house and carried away with them machines such as acomputer, fax machine, typewriter and even furniture and important documents.

Yadav charged the Centre with deliberately harassing the RJD and said almost all the registered parties had their office in New Delhi and the government provided office space to them. "Majority of these (party offices) are run in the houses allotted to their party MPs. I am peeved with the action of the CPWD and condemn its action," he added.

While demanding stern action against all those officials who forcibly got the party office evicted, Yadav said the RJD should immediately be allotted a house to open its office in New Delhi.