A day after Delhi AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was arrested by the Delhi police for attempting to cease the South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (SDMC) anti-encroachment drive in Madanpur Khadar space, the AAP legislator was granted bail by the Saket Court as we speak.
Earlier as we speak, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Jamia Nagar referred to as him a “habitual criminal who has been involved in land grabbing and hurt offences”. The police wished the surveillance of the AAP legislator as he was susceptible to violence. According to the police, Khan was held on fees of rioting and obstructing public servants in discharge of their obligation.
“I am ready to go to jail if it saves the houses of poor people. There is no encroachment here. I will support them (civic body) in demolition if there is any encroachment,” Mr Khan had advised information company ANI.
The Delhi civic authorities got here below hearth from the locals who alleged that authorized constructions had been being razed to the bottom. The protests turned violent as locals began pelting stones on the SDMC officers. This was part of an ongoing demolition drive undertaken by the Delhi civic physique throughout a number of elements of Delhi.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him to cease the “destruction” within the metropolis as he hit out at BJP’s “bulldozer politics” of the BJP. Sisodia claimed that because of this, 70% of Delhi’s inhabitants will develop into homeless.
“Of these, 60 lakh houses are in unauthorised colonies while the remaining three lakh are those where people have extended their balconies or covered them. We have learnt that notices have been sent to them,” Sisodia stated.
“This will lead to a huge destruction in the national capital. Almost 70 per cent of the population of Delhi will be rendered homeless,” he added. Sisodia stated the AAP celebration members will oppose the demolition drive as they’re even able to go to jail.
“I have written to him (Shah) saying that this (demolition drive) should be stopped. If bulldozers are to be used, they should be used to demolish the houses of those BJP leaders and civic body representatives who took bribes to allow such structures to be constructed,” he stated.
“In Delhi, the BJP has a plan to run bulldozers on these colonies. Every day, some BJP leader reaches a colony with a bulldozer,” Sisodia stated within the letter written in Hindi.
“Apart from this, three lakh people residing in unauthorised and DDA colonies have been given notices for making alterations like extending their balcony or covering it. In reality, there is no house in Delhi where alterations have not been carried out,” he added.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”