The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Friday that the national government is plotting to remove slum residents in Delhi, despite the fact that the BJP promised them pucca dwellings before to the elections. Atishi, a senior AAP politician, said that all land-owning agencies were directed to remove slums from throughout Delhi during a meeting held two days ago at the Prime Minister’s Office.
“Two days ago, a meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office. All the land-owning agencies of Delhi were called in this meeting, and they were asked to remove slums from across Delhi,” Atishi, a minister in the AAP-led Delhi government, said at a press conference.
The meeting was attended by senior officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Railways and other agencies, she further claimed.
Atishi pointed to the demolition of a slum cluster near Sunder Nursery by the Land and Development Office (L&DO), which falls under the union ministry for housing and urban affairs, alleging that the recent actions by the central government are indicator of its motive.
The slum dwellers had claimed that they were asked to vacate their houses in two days with no offer from the government for relocation.
“Demolition wasn’t even allowed during GRAP (graded action response plan) but they received special permission to remove the slum cluster,” Atishi said.
Referring to the tall green walls erected around the roadside slums during the G20 Summit, the minister alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi feels ashamed of slum dwellers.
Another AAP minister, Saurabh Bharadwaj, asserted that the governments owning such pieces of land have the responsibility to rehabilitate the slum dwellers demolishing the jhuggis.
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Source: HT
