The house at the heart of the recent face-off between the BJP and the ruling AAP government in Punjab, pejoratively called “Sheesh Mahal” by the BJP, is a sprawling bungalow in Sector 2, that over the decades has been inhabited by powerful people both from Punjab and Haryana.

It is a 16-kanal plot, about two acres – the kanal being a unit of land measurement introduced by the British Raj for land revenue purposes, and still widely used across North India. It certainly has a hoary past.

Number 50 is close to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence, a mere stone’s throw away, close enough to the Sukhna Lake to take your morning walk. This is the house, which has been freshly painted for AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, to stay during his visit(s) to Chandigarh.

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