29 May,2018 07:23 AM IST | New Delhi (India) | Agencies
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Former Uttar Pradesh chief ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking "appropriate time" for vacating their official residences allotted by the Uttar Pradesh government.
The top court had on May 7 held that former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh cannot retain government accommodation after demitting office and said that a chief minister was at par with a common man once his or her term ends.
The two former CM's had earlier moved the UP government's estate department seeking two years' time to vacate their official residences. In their pleas filed through advocate Garima Bajaj, they have sought appropriate time to vacate their official bungalows on various grounds.
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