Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who resigned as Vice President after losing the presidential poll, is 'unhappy' with the official accommodation offered to him in the capital by the government.
The Union Urban Development Ministry has offered Shekhawat 31, Aurangzeb Road, address -- a type VII bungalow that is allotted to former Presidents and Vice Presidents -- to live when he leaves the official residence on Maulana Azad Road.
"His staff told us that he was not satisfied with that bungalow," Ministry sources said on Wednesday.
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam had also declined to stay at the
Aurangzeb Road house and was later allotted accommodation at Rajaji Marg, they said.
Shekhawat's staff has made inquiries about 9, Janpath, a bungalow next to the residence of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
"We told them (Shekhawat's staff) that they can have a look at it," the official said, but maintained that 'security issues' were involved as Sonia was under the protection of the Special Protection Group.
Several political leaders in the past have refused to stay in 9, Janpath, as the house is believed to the jinxed.
The Ministry is faced with shortage of type VII bungalows.