Jaya, George Fernandes’ wife fight for furniture

Agencies

New Delhi, 30 June 2010: The battle for George Fernandes does not seem to end. Fernandes’ wife Leila Kabir Fernandes and close aide Jaya Jaitley are now fighting for his furniture.

Jaya Jaitley claims that all the furniture at his No. 3 Krishna Menon Marg house belong to her and she should be allowed to take them away.

 

 

"I have been denied entry into the house. They are not even letting my staff or George’s brother inside the house. How can we take out the furniture?" said Jaya.

But, Leila is opposing it saying that Jaya has no right to enter George’s house. Jaya has now decided to barge into his house to collect the furniture. Fernandes’ brothers Richard and Michael Fernandes are also staging a dharna outside his house after police denied them entry into the house.

The 80-year-old former defence minister is critically ill and has been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He is now living with his wife at a private house in south Delhi.

His Rajya Sabha membership ends on July 7 and his wife is vacating his official bungalow where he lived for over 20 years, this week.

Richard and Michael have been fighting a legal battle with his wife for custody of the ailing former defence minister. They had on June 9 approached the Delhi High Court for early disposal of the case in view of Fernandes’ deteriorating condition.