Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday accused the BJP authorities of bulldozing slum settlements to learn its “wealthy pals”, warning that the ruling dispensation wouldn’t full its time period if the demolitions proceed. The BJP, nevertheless, dismissed Kejriwal’s protest as a “flop present”, calling him a “double-faced chief” who failed the poor throughout Covid-19.
Addressing supporters at Jantar Mantar, Kejriwal claimed the BJP, which returned to energy in Delhi after 25 years, had betrayed its promise of “Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makan” and as an alternative was clearing slums inside months of forming the federal government. He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of giving “faux ensures” and warned that his celebration would launch a contemporary agitation if demolitions weren’t stopped.
“It has been solely 5 months of this (BJP) authorities in Delhi, and the persons are pressured to return to Jantar Mantar to protest towards them. Earlier than the (Meeting) elections, I had requested you to not vote for them as a result of your ‘jhuggi’ is their goal. They’re destroying Delhi. On this scorching climate, they’re making the poor homeless,” the Aam Aadmi Get together chief stated.
Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a ‘liar’, Kejriwal stated, “PM Modi’s ensures are faux. He promised ‘Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makan’. The reality is: ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Maidan’. They wish to clear your land and hand it over to their pals”.
He warned Delhi’s new BJP administration, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, “When you do not cease bulldozing houses, your authorities is not going to full 5 years. It will likely be gone in three years. The Congress authorities was toppled from this very Jantar Mantar throughout the Anna Andolan — we’ll begin one other andolan (protest) if wanted”.
Accusing the BJP of planning to scrap Delhi’s free electrical energy scheme, Kejriwal added, “What I say seems true. I advised you they are going to bulldoze your houses — they did. Now I’m telling you they are going to cease free electrical energy inside a yr”.
He additionally focused each nationwide events. “BJP and Congress fought Delhi polls collectively. They’re Behen Bhai. Each are pro-rich and anti-poor. As an alternative of working for folks, they’re busy enjoying FIR-FIR sport — submitting instances towards Manish Sisodia, Saurabh Bharadwaj, and Satyendar Jain. Delhi didn’t vote for this FIR circus,” the AAP chief stated.
Urging folks to not belief the BJP’s guarantees, he stated, “By no means belief Modi ki Assure. Like a faux product, his ensures are faux,” Kejriwal added.
Hitting again at Kejriwal, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva stated AAP’s rally had failed to attract actual help from slum dwellers. “The so-called public assembly within the identify of jhuggi residents flopped. Kejriwal confirmed his anarchic and unconstitutional face once more,” Sachdeva stated.
He accused Kejriwal of hypocrisy, saying, “This is identical chief who pressured poor slum dwellers out of Delhi throughout COVID as an alternative of giving them safety. In the present day he sheds crocodile tears for them”.
Sachdeva additionally claimed that AAP leaders have been deceptive folks and inciting them to assault the Prime Minister’s residence. “Their name to storm the PM’s home reveals their Naxalite face. Civil society has no place for such phrases,” he stated.
He added that whereas Kejriwal constructed a ‘palace’ for himself, he didn’t allot prepared flats in areas like Narela and Bawana to slum residents.
“The BJP authorities is dedicated to giving higher lives to these pressured to dwell in inhuman circumstances close to drains and railway strains. We’ve already rehabilitated households in Kalka Ji, Jailerwala Bagh, Kalandar Colony and Kathputli Colony. The Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makan drive will proceed,” the BJP chief stated.
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