Centre decides to provide bungalow to Subramanian Swamy

It is on the basis of BJP leader Swamy’s complaint regarding misappropriation of funds that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi have been summoned by the Patiala House District Court.

The decision to provide Swamy an official bungalow was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Accommodation on Thursday. The committee, chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, comprises senior ministers Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Nitin Gadkari. Officials said the decision was taken in view of the fact that there is not enough space in Swamy’s current residence for deployment of armed guards considering the fact that he is a Z-category protectee with CRPF cover.

“His security is being reviewed from time to time by Security Categorisation Committee in the Home Ministry. As per security threat assessment carried out by the central security agency, there is a need felt for proper government accommodation for him for effective deployment of security,” said officials who added that Swamy will have to pay five times the usual licence fee.