New Delhi, Delhi, India
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav today vacated their official residences (government bungalows) in compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court.
The father-son duo - both former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh - had moved Supreme Court seeking "appropriate time" for vacating their official residences allocated by the Uttar Pradesh government.
Former Chief Ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav vacate their official residences in compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/krbv3nTseM
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Their plea was filed in the backdrop of the May 7 judgement of the Supreme Court that had struck down an amendment in a state legislation allowing former chief ministers to retain government accommodation even after demitting office.
The two leaders had sought two years' time from UP government to vacate their official residences and shifting to their private accommodations in Lucknow.
The top court had on May 7 held that former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh cannot retain government accommodation after demitting office and had said that a chief minister was at par with a common man once his or her term ends.
The court, in its 29-page order, had said once such persons demit public office held by them, there is nothing to distinguish them from the common man.