Priyanka all set to shift to Gurugram even as house hunt is on in Lutyens

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is all set to vacate her government bungalow in the next couple of days and shift to a penthouse in Gurugram, Haryana. According to sources, Priyanka will shift to a penthouse in the palatial Aralia apartment in Gurugram.

 Being an in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, there was speculation that Priyanka might shift to Lucknow and the house of relative late Sheila Kaul was readied for her. However, The daily Guardian has learnt from reliable sources that she is going to reside at DLF Aralia, Sector-42, Gurugram, Haryana. As she has Z Plus security cover so all the security arrangements are being beefed up in the sector she will reside. CRPF provides her round-the-clock security with the coordination of state police. In the national capital, Delhi Police was part of her three-layer security cover; this responsibility will now be shouldered by Haryana Police.

According to sources, a security check has already been done by the CRPF when she informed the agency about her shifting plans. Most household goods have been shifted to Gurugram. Her new residence will not become a political centre as she uses her brother Rahul Gandhi’s residence at Tuglak Road for her political activities.

Being an SPG-protected person, Priyanka Vadra was allotted a government accommodation in Lutyens’ Delhi after her marriage with Robert Vadra in 1997. However, her SPG security cover was withdrawn by the Modi government last year and s h e w a s asked to vacate the house. On 1July, the Union Housing and Urban development Ministry issued her a one-month notice to vacate 35, Lodi Estate. Since then, she has been scouting for a house in Lutyens’ Delhi, but now she has decided to bid adieu to the city at least for a few months.

According to a source close to the family, shifting work is already done, her belongings have been shifted to three to four places. She has inherited a huge collection of artwork from her late grandmother Indira Gandhi and her late father Rajiv Gandhi. Such belongings have been shifted to 10 Janpath which is her mother and Lok Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi’s official residence. Some of her belongings have been shifted to a farmhouse at Mehrauli, Delhi.

Her stay in Haryana may not last long as, according to the source quoted above, a suitable house has been finalised in Lutyens’ Delhi near Sujan Singh Park. Rent agreement and other paper works are under progress. This house requires some repair work which is underway. The repair work may take a few weeks and if everything goes according to plan, she will be back in the Lutyens soon.

The Central government has allotted 35, Lodi Estate bungalow to BJP MP and party’s media in-charge Anil Baluni. Before vacating the bungalow on Sunday, she had invited him for tea. But on Monday, due to ill health, he expressed his inability to accept her invitation and invited her to a traditional Uttarakhand lunch, instead.