NEW DELHI: Nearly Rs 39 crore has been spent on refurbishing the houses of new Congress ministers in Madhya Pradesh, including the chief minister’s residence in Bhopal where Kamal Nath is still to move in since last December, former BJP minister and MLA Narottam Mishra said.

Mishra has cited a written reply given to him in the state assembly by the government on Thursday, saying Rs 38.47 crore has been spent by the state public works department (PWD) to renovate and refurbish the official bungalows of 28 new ministers.

“The chief minister, since the last seven months, has still not reached the CM’s house. Our CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan stayed in the same residence for the last 15 years but I am unable to understand what is lacking in that house that Kamal Nath has not moved in there for seven months now and constant repair and renovation is being carried out there. This is wastage of the state’s resources,” Mishra said.