Congress Ordered To Vacate Aicc Hq By March 30 In Political Showdown Overheads
Sources indicate the Indian National Congress has been served eviction notices for its iconic headquarters at No.24 Akbar Road and other key Delhi offices, with a directive to vacate by March 31 rather than Saturday as initially reported in some briefs; while party officials have labeled these actions politically motivated attempts to dislodge them from their historic premises on Raisina Hill and Lutyens' address area ahead of the upcoming election cycle.
Key Points
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1The Indian National Congress received official notices to vacate two of Delhi's most iconic addresses at Akbar Road and Raisina Road by Saturday.
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2These eviction orders target the party headquarters it has occupied since 1978, including its historic Lutyens' zone property on AICC grounds.
Developments
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The Indian National Congress faces imminent eviction from the historic Lutyens' zone address at Akbar Road and Raisina Road by Saturday.
— [Mar 25, 04:13] India Today'Politically Motivated Move': The party has called this move politically motivated while noting that legal options are still on the table as time runs out to hold onto its political nerve centre.
— [Mar 26, 09:58] News.google.comThe Indian National Congress has received a notice to vacate its offices on Lutyens' Delhi by Saturday. These iconic buildings, located at the intersection of Raisina and Akbar Roads in New Delhi's Parliament Street area (formerly known as Rajpath), have been occupied since 1978 but are now being targeted for eviction following allegations that their continued use is politically motivated to prevent opposition parties from moving into them after Congress vacated.
The Indian government has directed Congress parties at 24 Akbar Road (the site for nearly five decades) by March 28 under a notice issued from New Delhi, while also ordering them to vacate their office on Raisina Road within the same timeframe. The party is reportedly exploring legal avenues to challenge or delay this eviction despite its deep historical and emotional ties to the premises used since Indira Gandhi's factional revival in 1977.
The Indian National Congress has received notices to vacate its offices on Akbar and Raisina Roads by March 28. The party's leadership is preparing a legal challenge against what they describe as an illegal move driven by political motives, despite the property holding deep symbolic significance for decades of their history in Delhi.