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Citing the mediocre wellness of her husband, Lalu Prasad, arsenic the reason, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) person and erstwhile Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) wrote to the State authorities seeking much clip to vacate her authoritative residence astatine 10, Circular Road. The Bihar authorities had earlier served notices to Ms. Devi to vacate the residence, wherever she has been surviving with household members, including Mr. Prasad, for implicit 2 decades. Ms. Devi had earlier dared the authorities to evict her from the residence utilizing “force”.
The Bihar authorities had precocious allotted different authoritative residence astatine 39, Harding Road to Ms. Devi, who is besides the Leader of the Opposition successful the State Legislative Council. Her existent residence astatine 10, Circular Road has been allotted to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Minister Nand Kishor Ram successful Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary’s Cabinet. Mr. Ram had earlier alleged that the residence allotted to him was not being vacated due to the fact that helium was a Dalit. Mr. Choudhary had precocious asserted, though without taking immoderate name, that the “official residence has to beryllium vacated astatine immoderate cost”. The latest announcement giving Ms. Devi 15 days to vacate the residence expired connected June 15.
“On the proposal of the doctors, a abstracted country has been arranged for her hubby Lalu Prasad astatine the 10, Circular Road residence to debar immoderate infection,” Ms. Devi wrote successful the letter, adding that she was acceptable to displacement to the caller residence “once akin statement of a abstracted country for Lalu Prasad was made determination astatine 39 Harding Road residence excessively which was allotted to her”.
Mr. Prasad underwent a kidney transplant successful Singapore successful December 2022 and has since required peculiar aesculapian attention. He meets less radical and travels to Singapore periodically for aesculapian check-ups. He precocious returned from determination aft undergoing aesculapian attention. His 2nd daughter, Rohini Acharya, who donated 1 of her kidneys to him, lives successful Singapore with her family. Earlier, successful 2014, Mr. Prasad had besides undergone bosom country astatine a infirmary successful Mumbai.
Ever since Janata Dal (United) person Nitish Kumar became Chief Minister of Bihar successful November 2005, Ms. Devi had been surviving astatine the authoritative residence astatine 10, Circular Road with her family. However, aft Bihar got its archetypal BJP Chief Minister, Samrat Choudhary, she was served notices to vacate the residence and was allotted a caller one. Mr. Choudhary had precocious asserted astatine a programme, without taking immoderate name, that the “bungalow has to beryllium vacated astatine immoderate cost”. The announcement served to Ms. Devi connected May 31, 2026, gave her 15 days to vacate the residence, a deadline that expired connected June 15. Earlier, 2 notices had besides been served to her.
Apparently infuriated by the notices, Ms. Devi had precocious dared the State authorities to evict her from the residence utilizing “force”. The adjacent day, a constabulary contingent reached her residence but aboriginal returned. RJD leaders and workers, however, said Ms. Devi would not vacate the residence arsenic “two erstwhile Chief Ministers of the State unrecorded there”.
On June 15, the State authorities allotted the sprawling 5, Deshratna Marg authorities bungalow to Nishant Kumar, lad of erstwhile Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and a Health Minister successful Mr. Choudhary’s Cabinet. Earlier, Mr. Choudhary had lived successful the bungalow erstwhile helium was Deputy Chief Minister successful the erstwhile NDA government.
Mr. Nishant Kumar was antecedently assigned the authoritative residence astatine 2, Deshratna Marg. Following a caller reallocation bid issued connected June 15, helium was allotted the sprawling 5, Deshratna Marg residence, which is traditionally designated arsenic the Deputy Chief Minister’s residence. Earlier, during the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) authorities successful the State, RJD person Tejashwi Yadav had besides lived astatine the 5, Deshratna Marg bungalow arsenic Deputy Chief Minister.
