The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday alleged that the BJP Government at the Centre has “betrayed” the resident of the Kathputli Colony. The AAP demanded effective steps for rehabilitation of the basti be taken up at the earliest. It demanded that the Centre Government should immediately issue directions to the DDA to rehabilitate the Kathputli colony, JJ basti as per the Policy and the Protocol notified by DUSIB, which is the Nodal Agency.
The protest by residents of Kathputli Colony outside the residence of lieutenant- Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday is “completely justified since the BJP’s Central Government has committed a U-turn on providing justice to them, said AAP.
“The BJP’s Central Government is trying to shield a Rs 1,000 crore scam committed by the previous Congress-led UPA’s Central Government, which also committed the crime of displacing these poor residents. It is extremely shocking that despite having been in power for more than two years now, the BJP’s Central Government has made no effort to investigate the former Union Urban Development Minister Ajay Maken and concerned DDA officials who had hatched a conspiracy to provide the Kathputli Colony land at a throwaway price of Rs 6.11 crore to Raheja Builders, the market price of which even by most conservative rates is at least Rs 1,000 crore,” the AAP said in a press statement.
