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Fearing bad luck, Vajpayee got his house number changed

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee got his bungalow number changed from 8 to 6-A, Krishna Menon Marg, as the number 8 was considered unlucky, a response to an RTI query reveals. RTI

India TV News Desk Updated on: November 29, 2013 11:17 IST

After NDA lost the elections in 2004, Vajpayee as caretaker prime minister, asked his office to request the Urban Development ministry to re-number his bungalow.

The earlier request was to change the number from 8 to lucky 7-A. But since the bungalows were even and odd numbered on both sides of Krishna Menon Marg, 6-A was ultimately chosen.

The RTI response also confirms that there are no rules and guidelines for such arbitrary change of government bungalows for personal choice of occupants.
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