Meira Kumar Rent

The government has waived almost Rs 2 crore, allegedly owed by Speaker Meira Kumar for use of her father Jagjivan's Ram residence in Delhi.

The Central Information Commissioner (CIC) will today hear a case on the allotment status of house number 6, Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi, which was the residence of senior Congress leader Babu Jagjivan Ram till he died in 1986 and was later allotted to his daughter, Speaker Meira Kumar when she was appointed a Union Minister in 2004.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who has been handed a Rs 1.98 crore bill as pending rent, said that there is "some error by Directorate of Estates". The estates department of the Urban Development Ministry sent Ms Kumar the bill for occupying a government residence despite losing entitlement.

A house has landed Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in the centre of a controversy. Ms Kumar has been issued a bill of Rs 1.98 crore as pending rent by the estates department of the Urban Development Ministry for occupying a government residence despite losing entitlement.

The government has waived almost Rs 2 crore, allegedly owed by Speaker Meira Kumar for use of her father Jagjivan's Ram residence in Delhi.

The Central Information Commissioner (CIC) will today hear a case on the allotment status of house number 6, Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi, which was the residence of senior Congress leader Babu Jagjivan Ram till he died in 1986 and was later allotted to his daughter, Speaker Meira Kumar when she was appointed a Union Minister in 2004.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who has been handed a Rs 1.98 crore bill as pending rent, said that there is "some error by Directorate of Estates". The estates department of the Urban Development Ministry sent Ms Kumar the bill for occupying a government residence despite losing entitlement.

A house has landed Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in the centre of a controversy. Ms Kumar has been issued a bill of Rs 1.98 crore as pending rent by the estates department of the Urban Development Ministry for occupying a government residence despite losing entitlement.