New Delhi: It is learnt that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been asked to vacate the government bungalow which apparently used by her in Delhi before August 1. 

According to sources an order issued by the housing and urban affairs ministry asked Ms Vadra to vacate her bungalow on or before August 1, failing which “it will attract damage charges/penal rent as per rules”.

The SPG cover of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka had been replaced with Z-plus CRPF security in November 2019. Ms Vadra, a private citizen, was allotted the Type VI house in February 1997 for security reasons on the recommendation of the SPG, home ministry and Cabinet Secretariat as SPG protectees needed an independent bungalow of certain specifications. With her SPG cover gone, Ms Vadra was asked to vacate her house.

The Narendra Modi government changed the allotment rules in 2015 and made only SPG protectees eligible for government accommodation. Before that, even those with Z-plus security were entitled to such accommodation.

Ms Vadra joined politics shortly before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and became AICC general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh.