Click to play videoNew Delhi: Political parties have been given three years to leave the wide avenues and sprawling mansions of Lutyens' Delhi - the administrative quarter in the heart of the capital named after the late British architect.
On Friday, the Cabinet approved a note from the Urban Development Ministry asking parties to move out of the administrative quarter situated in Lutyens' Delhi in the next three years.
There was no room for political manouvering as the note, prepared by the Union Urban Development Minister, Jaipal Reddy, follows a Supreme Court directive and got the Cabinet's approval on Friday.
The note said that political parties would get plots of land in Rouse Avenue and asked parties to move out of the administrative quarter.
The size of the plots allocated to each party would depend on the number of MPs that a particular party has.
A party like Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal (United), which has less than 15 Lok Sabha MPs, would be entitled to a 500 sq m plot.
Parties with 16-25 MPs would get a 1000 sq m plot, while those with 26-50 MPs are entitled to a 2000 sq m plot.
To get a one-acre plot, a party would have to ensure that it has between 50 and 100 MPs.
And parties with 100-200 MPs can occupy a two-acre plot.
However, the biggest chunk of prime real estate, a princely four acres, will only go to parties with over 200 MPs.
At the moment, most political parties are now running their offices out of the houses allotted to their party MPs, like the Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJSP) with its office in Ram Vilas Paswan's residence or the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) office out of Ajay Chautala's residence.
(With inputs from Sailesh Rai)
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