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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is likely to shift her base to the Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow. Kaul House at Gokhale Road in the city could be the new address of the Priyanka family.
According to Free Press Journal , the Kaul House has been renovated recently, and would be her new address. “She, along with her husband and children would be shifting to Lucknow soon. The Kaul house was readied for her sometime back. The cleaning and dusting will start tomorrow,” Deepak Singh, Congress legislator and leader from Amethi, told the FPJ,
Govt asks Priyanka Gandhi to vacate Lodhi Estate Bungalow by next month
The Kaul House belongs to Gandhi family’s close relative and former union minister, the late Sheila Kaul. Her relatives don’t stay there. Incidentally, it is hardly three km from Congress’ state headquarters at Mall Avenue.
“Her presence in Lucknow means a lot, especially since Assembly polls are just two years away. It would be far easier for us to coordinate with her. It would keep pressure up on the rival camp (the BJP) and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,’’ Anshu Awasthi, Congress leader says.
The government’s directorate of estate on Wednesday put Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on notice, asking her to vacate within one month the government bungalow allotted to her in Lodhi Estate, the colony of ministers, MPs and senior bureaucrats, because she no longer enjoys the protection of the SPG that entitled her to security and a secure government accommodation.
Priyanka lives with her husband and two children, son Raihan and daughter Miraya. She was also granted Z+ security cover by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2019 in view of the threat perception as daughter of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The elite SPG cover given to Priyanka was withdrawn last November by the Modi government.