Lok Sabha Question No. 5418 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Allotment of Government Bungalows for National Political Parties
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prof. Sougata Ray

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5418 TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL, 03, 2025

## ALLOTMENT OF GOVERNMENT BUNGALOWS FOR NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES

## NO. 5418.     PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs be pleased to state?

- (a) The  details of  the  Government  bungalows  allotted  to  Election Commission-approved national parties of the country for their office / residence purposes in New Delhi.
- (b) Whether  any  of  the  national  parties  approved  by  the  Election Commission  have  been  denied  for  the  allotment  of  Government bungalows as their office purpose;
- (c) If so, the details thereof along with the reasons for not sanctioning the Government bungalows to such parties; and
- (d) The details of the government bungalows allotted to the office bearers like the President / General Secretary of the national political parties in New Delhi?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) The details of Government bungalows allotted to Election Commissionapproved National Political Parties of the country for their office purposes in New Delhi is as below:

|   Sl. No | Name of Political Party   | Allotted GPRA                                                    | Type      | Date of Occupation    |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Indian National Congress  | 5, Raisina Road 24, Akbar Road                                   | VIII VIII | 05.07.1976 18.07.1990 |
|        2 | Bharatiya Janata Party    | 14, Pt. Pant Marg                                                | VII       | 07.04.1999            |
|        3 | National People's Party   | 75, North avenue                                                 | VA        | 12.08.2021            |
|        4 | Bahujan Samaj Party       | 029, Lodhi Estate                                                | VIB       | 15.02.2024            |
|        5 | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)     | No. 1, Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane (Canning Lane), New Delhi | VII       | 25.07.2024            |

(b) & (c) : No. (d)  The  details  of  Government  bungalows  allotted  to  office  bearers  like President/ General Secretary of National Political Parties of the country for

- their residence purposes in New Delhi is as below:

|   Sl. No. | Name of Political Party                                                   | Allotted GPRA                                                 | Type   | Date of Allotment/ regularization   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Kumari Mayawati, President, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)                     | 035, Lodhi Estate                                             | VII    | 15.02.2024                          |
|         2 | Shri Prakash Karat, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 36, Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane (Canning Lane), New Delhi | VII    | 27.12.2024                          |

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