Former dy CM Gupta, J&K BJP chief vacate ministerial bungalows

After being pulled up by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) J&K unit chief Sat Sharma and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta have vacated official bungalows, officials said.

- Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

JAMMU:

The estates department, which had been reprimanded by the high court over the 'inordinate delay' in getting the government bungalows vacated from former ministers and ex-legislators, the latter appraised the HC that Gupta and Sharma have vacated government bungalows.

The statement was submitted as a compliance report for a December 12 order by the high court.

The report highlighted that an eviction order was issued to Sharma on November 21 last year and a notice for remittance of penal rent amounting to ₹73,470 till December 30, 2024, had been issued to him.

The report added the premises under occupation of Sharma were sealed on December 30, 2024.