Congress to stage protest exterior Assembly in opposition to slum demolitions

The Congress’s Delhi unit on Sunday mentioned it’s going to stage a protest exterior the Assembly on the primary day of the Monsoon Session on Monday, primarily in opposition to the demolition drives carried out in slum clusters throughout the town.

The get together mentioned it’s going to elevate different points such because the “deteriorating regulation and order” state of affairs, the “false promise” of ₹2,500 per 30 days to the ladies, and waterlogging. It will even protest in opposition to the varsity schooling Bill for being “anti-parent and anti-education”.

Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav mentioned get together members met slum dwellers, who he mentioned reside in “fixed concern of being displaced”.

“The BJP authorities, because it got here to energy, has already displaced 15,000 households,” the Delhi Congress chief mentioned, including that slum dwellers shouldn’t be displaced with out various preparations even when there’s a must relocate them.

“After Rahul Gandhi raised the difficulty of demolition of JJ Clusters within the Lok Sabha, the Chief Minister of Delhi [Rekha Gupta], beneath strain, mentioned that not a single slum in Delhi will likely be demolished, however however, asserted that the slums alongside the railway traces can’t be saved. He [Rahul Gandhi] urged the Delhi authorities to make clear its intentions in the direction of the slum dwellers, as an alternative of taking part in with the lives of the poor folks,” Mr. Yadav mentioned.

Alleging that the Arvind Kejriwal authorities has locked hundreds of flats constructed by the Congress beneath the Rajiv Rattan Housing Scheme, aimed toward offering higher dwelling circumstances for the poor, for 11 years, Mr. Yadav mentioned, “Those homes needs to be repaired and allotted quickly to the residents of slums.”

Meanwhile, on Saturday, Ms. Gupta inspected authorities flats constructed for economically weaker sections (EWS) in 2011 in Sultanpuri, that are in a dilapidated situation. She mentioned that the federal government is working to satisfy the demand for a million homes.