NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, the head of the Congress, vacated his official residence in the heart of Delhi today, the last day before the deadline that followed his removal as a member of the lower house of Parliament. 

Since the morning, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, his sister and the Congress general secretary, have made two trips to the bungalow. He received a letter from the Lok Sabha Housing Committee, which is led by BJP MP CR Patil, requesting that he leave his 12-Tughlaq Lane bungalow, which he has been living in since 2005, by April 22. Despite the fact that he must go per procedure, Congress leaders have charged the Centre with having political animosity.
A disqualified MP has one month to leave his official apartment but is not entitled to any government housing.
Rahul Gandhi claimed he was being "punished" for telling the truth as he left his official residence for the final time. He claimed that although the house had been given to him by the Indian people, it has since been "snatched away" and he no longer wants to reside there.

"I want to thank the people of India for giving me this residence for 19 years. It represents the cost of telling the truth. I am willing to pay whatever price is necessary for expressing the truth," he declared, adding that he would stay at Sonia Gandhi's home at 10 Janpath until he could find a new place to live.

He had been allowed 30 days by the Gujarat court to file an appeal, which he did but was unsuccessful on Friday. As a result, Mr. Gandhi cannot currently be re-elected as an MP.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) referred to the appellate court's ruling affirming the lower court's conviction as a "slap in the face of the Gandhi family" and claimed that the court demonstrated that everyone is treated equally by the law and that "there cannot be preferential treatment for any family."

Party leaders have flooded  Gandhi with offers for homes after he agreed to leave the residence. According to his office, he would relocate to his mother Sonia Gandhi's residence at 10 Janpath in the heart of Delhi.

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