Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, July 20
Sources say that BJP President JP Nadda will now stay in the Parliament room of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Room No. 4, which has three name boards over the years (Atal Bihari Vajpayee; President, National Democratic Alliance; and LK Advani), is right next to the office of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
Although the room was allotted to Vajpayee when he stepped down as prime minister after the NDA was defeated in the 2004 general election, the room after stepping down as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha following the coalition’s defeat in 2009 It was mostly used by Advani. his command.
Between 2009 and 2014, when the party was in opposition, the room remained the center of much political activity. In later years, Advani used the room until he remained an MP. Though Vajpayee didn’t sit much in the Parliament House for visitors, the room in which he and Advani’s names were named was a must-see.
Most of the room is vacant.
The nameplates of Vajpayee and Advani were removed today.
Former Health Minister Nadda is a member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh. Sources say that Nadda, who till now is sharing a room with former Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha Thaawarchand Gehlot, is likely to be shifted to the room.
Meanwhile, Gehlot’s room has now been allotted to Piyush Goyal, the new leader of the house in the Rajya Sabha.
Incidentally, the room was initially with the BJP’s ally JD(U). It was converted into the NDA president’s room when Vajpayee was not the prime minister.