The Centre Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that it will allot a government residence to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal within 10 days.

The submission, made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on behalf of the Union government, came in a petition filed by the AAP last October, seeking the allotment of a residence for Kejriwal, stating that he is entitled to it as per an office memorandum dated July 31, 2014.

It states, “One residential accommodation would be allotted/allowed to be retained by the party president of a recognised national party, provided that no other accommodation has been allotted to him/her in any other capacity”.

In a fresh affidavit filed by the Centre on September 24, it stated that the guidelines of July 2014 issued by the Directorate o

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