Jahangirpuri Violence
Delhi: Cong delegation visits Jahangirpuri to protest demolition after Hanuman Jayanti violence
New Delhi: A Congress delegation comprising the party's Delhi chief Anil Chaudhary, in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil, and senior leader Ajay Maken among others Thursday visited Jahangirpuri and took stock of the situation, a day after a demolition drive was carried out by North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) in the area which witnessed violence last week during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.
"You demolished poor people's houses as your intention was to harass them. Why did you send bulldozers to create unrest ?" Delhi Congress chief Chaudhary told reporters here, in a veiled attack on the ruling BJP.
He also accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of maintaining silence over the issue.
Attacking the BJP-led government at the Centre over the demolition drive which was stopped following the Supreme Court's order on Wednesday, Congress MP Gohil said, "Principle of natural justice should be followed. No notice was issued and demolition carried."
We have come here to appeal to the people to maintain peace, he said. Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Maken accused BJP of playing 'communal politics'.
"Demolition without prior notice is a violation of the Court's order. The government is diverting attention from 'inflation' with Jahangirpuri like-incidents," the former Delhi Congress president said.
Maken appealed to not seeing the demolition drive from a communal angle. "We appeal to the people to not look it through the prism of religion.
It is the poor people who have been subjected to atrocities. Congress party stands with the victims," he said.
(With UNI inputs)
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