India, Aug. 24 -- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has questioned government spending on the upkeep of Union ministers' residences in Lutyens' Delhi, saying the money could instead be used to improve government schools.

The remarks came after a PTI report claimed that the annual upkeep bill for Union ministers' residences had risen from Rs.27 crore in 2014-15 to a record Rs.92 crore in 2025-26.

Reacting to the figures, the CJP wrote on X, "Stop fixing your lavish homes, and fix the schools! Rs.92 crore = 10 new world class government schools. The money is available, the intent to use it for government schools is missing."

According to the data cited in the post, which was claimed to have been obtained through an RTI, spending on the upk...