Ex-VP Jagdeep Dhankhar Shifts To Chautala’s Farmhouse, Not Govt Home: Decoding The Unusual Move

Final Up to date:September 01, 2025, 18:49 IST

Regardless of having his personal personal residences in and round NCR, Jagdeep Dhankhar selected Chautala’s farmhouse citing safety issues, News18 has discovered

Jagdeep Dhankhar was additionally given a reception at Chautala’s bungalow. (PTI File)

In an unprecedented and unconventional transfer, former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday shifted to the farmhouse of INLD chief Abhay Chautala in Delhi, sidestepping the long-held custom of former constitutional heads being allotted authorities lodging.

Regardless of having his personal personal residences in and round NCR, Dhankhar selected Chautala’s farmhouse citing safety issues, News18 has discovered.

Dhankhar was additionally given a reception at Chautala’s bungalow. His new safety crew has already taken cost of the premises. A number of of his crew, together with his OSDs have moved with him whereas a few of his formally hooked up officers could be shifting to their very own preparations.  The VP enclave stands emty now till the newly elected VP strikes in. 

The event is seemingly uncommon on a number of counts.

By conference, former Vice-Presidents, Presidents, and Prime Ministers are allotted a Kind VIII bungalow or, alternatively, a two-acre plot as official lodging as soon as they demit workplace. Nevertheless, sources within the authorities mentioned that the previous VP wanted to place a proper requisition for that mentioning his desired location and selection both for a bungalow or a plot.

In Dhankhar’s case, there was no such formal allotment notified to his workplace, nor has his workplace made a proper request to the federal government. Sources throughout the institution verify that no communication has been initiated from both facet, neither has the federal government provided an possibility on paper, nor has Dhankhar’s workplace raised a requisition.

For now, Dhankhar’s determination to maneuver into Chautala’s property provides a political undertone as properly to what may in any other case have been seen as a procedural delay. In line with these accustomed to the matter, Abhay Chautala personally reached out to the previous VP, providing his farmhouse as a short lived residence. The gesture, observers recommend, carries layered symbolism, not simply as a mark of political camaraderie but additionally as an announcement of shared Jat identification and unity locally. Dhankhar, who hails from Rajasthan, has usually highlighted his roots within the Jat neighborhood, whereas Chautala, as a senior INLD chief, stays one of the distinguished Jat political figures in Haryana.

The optics of this transfer are sure to be learn past the quick query of lodging. For the federal government, the absence of communication on a problem ruled by decades-old conference raises eyebrows. Sources within the authorities additionally identified that that is unprecedented in some ways as there was no such occasion earlier.

For Dhankhar, accepting Chautala’s supply embeds him in a sociopolitical narrative that goes past logistics. In Delhi’s energy corridors, residences have usually been symbolic, that are seen as markers of standing, clout, or political messaging. The silence from each side appears to be extremely vital.

Madhuparna Das

Madhuparna Das, Affiliate Editor (coverage) at CNN Information 18, has been in journalism for practically 14 years. She has extensively been protecting politics, coverage, crime and inside safety points. She has lined Naxa…Learn Extra

Madhuparna Das, Affiliate Editor (coverage) at CNN Information 18, has been in journalism for practically 14 years. She has extensively been protecting politics, coverage, crime and inside safety points. She has lined Naxa… Learn Extra

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