New Delhi: The politics of Rashtrapati Bhavan is spreading even to small villages it seems. People in Malcha, a small village in Sonipat district in Haryana are making claims over the official home and principal workplace of the President of India.
The village called Malcha is just 50 kilometers from Delhi, which has a population of just about 12,000 people. The villagers here claim that the entire stretch between Paharganj and Chanakyapuri area in the Capital belongs to them. The also claim that the President’s House at Malcha Marg, was named after their village.
And their ‘tall’ claims don’t just stop there. The villagers say that Raisina Hill—prime area in New Delhi which is home to India's most important government buildings namely Rashtrapati Bhavan, Secretariat building Indian Prime Minister's Office and several other important ministries—belongs to them as they say its their ancestral property.
The local panchayat in the village has even set up a committee called The Malcha Sahmuh Vikas Parishad—to forward their demands to the Centre. One pf the things the things they are demanding is a President right from their village. “They must choose the president from one of us, who belongs to Malcha village and Malcha community because that area is ours,” says Satish Kumar, Village Sarpanch
And some of their demands are a little realistic. “One of us should altleast be a Rajya Sabha member,” added the Village Sarpanch.
So, they too have a good reason to stake their claim to Raisina Hill. Whether anyone lends a patient ear is a different matter.
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