Arvind Kejriwal to move to new address in Lutyens' Delhi

New Delhi: Days after he resigned, former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will move out of his home at 6 Flagstaff Road in the Civil Lines neighbourhood of North Delhi on Friday. He had resided there since 2015 when he was elected chief minister.

The National Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will now relocate to a home close to the party's headquarters with his family, which includes his elderly parents.

This house was officially allotted to the AAP's Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab, Ashok Mittal.

“Kejriwal will move into 5, Ferozeshah Road residence of AAP MP from Punjab Ashok Mittal on Friday,” AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj told reporters at a press conference earlier, IANS reported.

He said that several party leaders including MPs, MLAs, and councillors, offered their houses to Arvind Kejriwal after he decided to leave 6 Flagstaff Road in North Delhi's Civil Lines.

In a remarkable display of support for Kejriwal, even ordinary citizens offered their homes for his use, regardless of their political or socio-economic background.

Kejriwal, after becoming Delhi’s Chief Minister in 2013, initially resided at Tilak Lane and then in 2015, following his victory in the Assembly elections, he shifted to the official CM residence at 6 Flag Staff Road in the Civil Lines area.

Arvind Kejriwal will be overseeing the AAP's campaign for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Delhi and in other states while living in the New Delhi area, which is also his Assembly constituency.

Meanwhile, Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia moved with his family from the AB-17 bungalow on Mathura Road, which had been previously allotted to him.

According to party sources, he has now moved to a bungalow on Rajendra Prasad Road, which is the official residence of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh.

After Manish Sisodia's arrest in the excise policy case in March 2023, the bungalow was reassigned to Atishi, who is the current Chief Minister of Delhi.