Patna,(BiharTimes): Two months after an eviction order was passed in November 2014 the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday vacated the 7,000 sqm ministerial bungalow he had been occupying for last 13 years.After the heart surgery in August last year Lalu had sought an extension.

Ironically, it was during the Vajpayee government that in 2002 Lalu, who was then Rajya Sabha MP, was allotted 25 Tughlaq Road, a Type VIII bungalow usually reserved for ministers. The allotment was regularised in 2004 after the UPA government took over and appointed him Railway Minister.

He continued to occupy the house after losing his cabinet berth in 2009 after the UPA-II came to power.
The RJD chief lost his Parliament seat after he was convicted in the fodder scam in September 2013.In November 2013 the house allocation was cancelled. But at its last meeting in February last year (of the previous government) the cabinet committee on accommodation allowed Lalu Prasad to retain the bungalow for a year from the date of cancellation. As soon as that period expired, the new government served him with an eviction notice.As he did not vacate the bungalow, the matter was referred to the litigation department. An eviction order was passed in November 2014