By Tanya Chugh
New Delhi [India] January 8 : As the campaigning for the Delhi assembly elections are going on in full swing, the Chief Minister's residence, the 'Sheesh Mahal' in the national capital has become the hot topic with incumbent Aam Aadmi Party receiving strong attacks from both Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva made a visit to AB 17 Mathura Road, the residence that has been allotted to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi after she alleged that the centre cancelled her allotment to the CM residence at 6 Flagstaff Road.
He refuted the allegations of Atishi and asked why didn't she took possession of the 6 Flagstaff Road. Attacking her further, the Delhi BJP chief asserted that entering that residence would have meant Atishi to cooperate into the ongoing probe into the 'Sheesh Mahal'.
Speaking to ANI, Sachdeva said, "Sheila Dikshit ran the government for 15 years from this residence that has been allotted to Atishi, so why does Atishi want 'Sheesh Mahal,' and when it was being allotted, why did she not take charge since 3 months ago? This was because it was being investigated and CM would have to cooperate, which Atishi did not want and now that the Code of Conduct has been imposed, it is being demanded. AB 17 Mathura Road is officially allocated to her and she lives in Kalkaji. So how many residences do you want?"
Stating that the AB-17, Mathura Road residence has been allotted to Atishi as well the one in Kalkaji (her constituency), he questioned how many residences does the Delhi Chief Minister want.
"Why was the 'Sheesh Mahal' not shown to media when Sanjay Singh, Satyendra Jain, and Manish Sisodia went there after getting bail or when Swati Maliwal was assaulted? This residence (AB-17, Mathura Road) has been allotted to Atishi along with the one in Kalkaji. How many bungalows does she want?" Sachdeva asked.
He further asked "Please clarify to whom the bungalow at AB 17 Mathura Road is allocated. If Arvind Kejriwal was the CM, then why was 6 Flag Staff Road not declared the official CM residence?"

Notably, BJP has been heavily attacking the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party and its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal over the 'Sheesh Mahal' row.
BJP has put up posters of the Sheeshmahal on the roads near Flagstaff Road. Also, models of the Sheesh Mahal have been prepared by Delhi BJP that are being displayed in trucks in every constituency.

The elections in Delhi are scheduled to be held in a single phase on February 5 and the counting of votes will be done on February 8.
Incumbent AAP, which won the previous two terms with massive margins -- 67 and 62 out of 70 seats -- is facing a stiff two-pronged challenge against BJP and the Congress.