BJP MP Ramvir Bidhuri on Wednesday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders for their sit-in protest outside the Flagstaff Road house that was used as the official residence by Arvind Kejriwal when he was the Delhi chief minister. 
He urged them to &ldquo;have patience&rdquo; as the so-called &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal&rsquo; would soon be opened to the public.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
The remarks followed AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bharadwaj&rsquo;s protest after being denied entry to the Flagstaff Road bungalow by Delhi police.
The AAP leaders had arrived at Arvind Kejriwal&rsquo;s former official residence on Flagstaff Road with reporters to &ldquo;investigate&rdquo; the Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s allegations of misuse of public funds in refurbishing the property, dubbed &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal.&rsquo;
Earlier, Saurabh Bharadwaj had addressed the media, announcing their plans to visit the residence. &ldquo;As promised, we will visit the chief minister&rsquo;s official residence at 11 am and try to find the golden commode, swimming pool, and mini-bar that the BJP claims are present there,&rdquo; Bharadwaj said.
He emphasized that both the CM&rsquo;s residence and the PM&rsquo;s residence were built with taxpayers&rsquo; money during the COVID-19 pandemic and called for investigations into allegations of fund misappropriation by the BJP government.
The AAP leaders also went to the prime minister's residence, which they labelled &lsquo;Raj Mahal,&rsquo; accusing the BJP government of spending ₹2,700 crore on it.
Speaking to IANS, Bidhuri criticized the AAP leaders&rsquo; actions and questioned their motives.
&ldquo;When Sheesh Mahal was in the possession of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, we raised this issue in the Assembly and even staged sit-ins outside his residence, demanding it be opened for public viewing. Why didn&rsquo;t you show it to the public then?&rdquo; he asked.
&ldquo;Sanjay Singh should have patience. He doesn&rsquo;t need to get too angry. Sheesh Mahal will soon be opened for all. Whatever cruel joke has been played on the people of Delhi, they will respond in this election,&rdquo; he added.
BJP&rsquo;s state President, Virendra Sachdeva, raised pointed questions directed at Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, sarcastically asking, &ldquo;Toh aakhir iss devi ko kitne bungalow chahiye?&rdquo;
Speaking to IANS, Sachdeva demanded clarity on the issue, asking, &ldquo;Whose bungalow is this? This government residence where &lsquo;Atishi&rsquo; is written&mdash;whose bungalow is it?&rdquo;
&ldquo;If it was allotted to her, why is she asking for &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal&rsquo;? If it was being given to her, why didn&rsquo;t she accept it earlier? How many bungalows does a chief minister need in Delhi? She lives in Kalkaji, yet refuses to reveal who occupies this one. Even locals are tight-lipped, though posters outside point to its occupant. So how many bungalows does this &lsquo;devi&rsquo; need? We want an answer.&rdquo;
Sachdeva further reacted to BJP leaders' calls to turn the &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal&rsquo; into a museum, suggesting, &ldquo;I have said that the &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal&rsquo; should be declared a museum of corruption. If the BJP forms the government in Delhi, no BJP chief minister will stay in that &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal&rsquo;.&rdquo;
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Atishi accused the Central government of cancelling the allotment of her official residence for the second time in three months.
She claimed the eviction notice from the Public Works Department (PWD) was served a day before the Election Commission of India announced the polling schedule for the Assembly elections in the national Capital, hinting at political motivations.
However, Bidhuri dismissed CM Atishi&rsquo;s claims, alleging violations of rules in the construction of &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal.&rsquo;
&ldquo;Investigations are underway regarding the residence, and everyone knows that rules of law have been violated. Atishi has been offered two other residences by the PWD and can live in any of them. There is no need to make this an issue, as people are aware of what has happened,&rdquo; he said.
Bidhuri reiterated the BJP&rsquo;s stance, claiming misuse of public funds in constructing the &lsquo;Sheesh Mahal&rsquo; and urged AAP leaders to cooperate with ongoing investigations.
The political spat is expected to intensify as both parties gear up for the upcoming state legislative Assembly elections on February 5.
&mdash;IANS
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