Political storm erupts in Delhi as bulldozers raze Madrasi Camp slum due to…, AAP accuses BJP of…

A political storm erupted in the capital on Sunday after bulldozers razed great ingredients of the Madrasi Camp slum cluster discontinuance to Barapullah in South Delhi, displacing quite a lot of of working-class families.

The demolition, accomplished following a Delhi Excessive Court docket enlighten, has drawn keen criticism from Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) leaders, who accused the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP)-led Delhi administration of betrayal and insensitivity.

Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi, took to social media platform X to condemn the switch. “Sooner than the elections, BJP leaders came to remain in Madrasi Camp. They got the folk to procure out the ‘Jahan jhuggi, wahin makaan’ kinds. As soon because the BJP government came, they bulldozed these slums. Entirely a handful of oldsters were given houses, that too in Narela. The total public procure approach on the streets. Here's the very fact of BJP,” she posted.

Echoing identical sentiments, AAP’s Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj criticized the timing of the demolition. “The day old to this the Chief Minister of Delhi stated that no slum will be demolished. On the present time itself the Barpulla Madrasi Camp became destroyed by bulldozers. Thousands of oldsters were deprived of their houses. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin must reveal how BJP treats other folks of Tamil Nadu in the nationwide capital,” he wrote on X.

AAP MLA Praveen Kumar furthermore shared a video stammer on social media, accusing the administration of carrying out “barbaric activities.”

“Properties of of us that had been living there for 50 years were demolished. What didn't happen in the Arvind Kejriwal government is now taking place in Delhi under Rekha Gupta’s government,” he stated.

Approximately 370 families resided in the Madrasi Camp, a jhuggi cluster that has existed for practically 60 years alongside the banks of the Barapullah drain discontinuance to Nizamuddin Railway Sigh. Closing month, residents were served eviction notices, and authorities known handiest 189 families as eligible for relocation to government flats in Narela.

A government scrutinize dated May 30 knowledgeable residents that vehicles can be available at Barapullah Bridge from May 31 to June 1 to succor in involving their assets.

The Tamil Nadu government, responding to the topic, acknowledged the demolition became being accomplished in compliance with a court directive and that each one genuine alternate choices had been exhausted. It added that assistance can be equipped to any residents from Tamil Nadu who wished to formula to their native districts.

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