Greater than a yr after he resigned as vice-president, Jagdeep Dhankhar is but to maneuver to a authorities lodging and continues to reside in a personal farmhouse owned by Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Abhay Singh Chautala in Delhi’s Chhatarpur, HT has learnt.
In line with top-ranking officers within the administration, no home has been allotted to him thus far. When requested, Dhankhar’s workplace didn’t remark if any allotment had been proposed since he stepped down as vp.
Dhankhar abruptly resigned late night on July 21, 2025, hours after he admitted an Opposition-sponsored discover within the Rajya Sabha to arrange a probe panel in opposition to former Delhi excessive court docket choose, justice Yashwant Varma, even because the Lok Sabha had admitted an analogous discover backed by all events. Dhankhar mentioned in his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu that he needed to “prioritise well being care and abide by medical recommendation”. Opposition leaders, nonetheless, alleged that he was compelled to give up.
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In line with the vice-president’s pension, housing and different amenities guidelines, “A retired vice-president shall be entitled with out fee of hire to the usage of furnished residence…on the station of his alternative, anyplace in India, with out fee of water and electrical energy fees for the rest of his life. At locations the place government-owned lodging is allotted to a retired vice-president, the residence shall be a Sort-VIII bungalow, and if the very best kind of government-owned lodging out there at a selected place is smaller in measurement as in comparison with a Sort-VIII bungalow, the very best kind of lodging out there at that place shall be allotted to the retired vice-president.”
The residence is drawn from the Normal Pool/GPRA inventory, beneath the particular entitlement relevant to former Vice-Presidents, who must file a request with MoHUA for acquiring the lodging. If a former VP desires a residence the place kind VIII is unavailable, they’re eligible for the very best class of central authorities housing. If there isn’t a authorities housing, the Centre can lease an lodging of two,000 sq ft of dwelling space.
Ministry of housing and concrete affairs officers mentioned the newly launched secretariat of capital improvement was not apprised of a request from Dhankhar.
Dhankhar’s predecessor, M Venkaiah Naidu, demitted workplace on August 11, 2022, and in October, shifted to a sprawling bungalow at 1, Thyagraj Marg, alongside along with his household. That bungalow was earlier occupied by former Union minister D Sadananda Gowda.
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Six weeks after his retirement, Dhankhar shifted to a farmhouse owned by Abhay Chautala on September 1, 2025. Abhay is the son of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala. Individuals near Dhankar mentioned it was an interim association, however a yr later, it continues.
Dhankhar was the primary VP to reside within the newly-built VP enclave on Church Highway. Months after he retired, officers of the estates division had indicated {that a} Sort-VIII bungalow—essentially the most spacious ones in Lutyens’ Delhi— was stored prepared for him.
Union minister for housing and concrete affairs Manohar Lal Khattar didn’t reply to HT’s request for a remark. Officers on the directorate of estates — a subordinate workplace of MoHUA — mentioned the request, if made in any respect, could have been initiated on the ministerial stage and has not been communicated to them.
