Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Tuesday accused the AAP government of not improving the lives of slum dwellers in the last ten years even as senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia visited southeast Delhi's Madrasi Camp, where residents have been served eviction notices to make way for the construction of a new flyover, and said the party "will fight strongly against dictatorship to save people's houses".
The Public Works Department (PWD) pasted eviction notices in the Old Barapullah Bridge area last week, asking the locals to vacate their homes within five days. The residents, however, have refused to leave unless they are given an alternative site.
"Injustice against slum dwellers will not be tolerated in 'Bulldozer Raj'. Thousands of people living in slums of Madrasi Camp in Delhi are an integral part of Delhi. If LG sahab and BJP try to remove or demolish their houses, we will not tolerate it at all. We will fight strongly against dictatorship to save people's houses. Whether we have to fight in court or on the ground for this," Sisodia said in a post on X.
He added that the AAP government has given shelter to the needy and built houses for people. "Free electricity, water and better education for children. But the BJP has only destroyed people's well-established homes. The level of education has gone from bad to worse. We will fight against this from the court to the streets," he added in the same post.
Meanwhile, the Delhi BJP chief alleged, “The Delhi government's PWD issued a notice to the residents of Madrasi Basti to vacate, which the Delhi BJP has continuously opposed. Now, Manish Sisodia is trying to avoid responsibility for this notice by making hollow statements.”
He also claimed that the central government has undertaken the rehabilitation work of slum dwellers in Kalkaji, Jailer Bagh, and Kathputli Colony. “Manish Sisodia should name a single slum cluster in Delhi where the Kejriwal government has improved the lives of slum dwellers in the last ten years,” he added.
He also mentioned that, like many other slum settlements in Delhi, Madrasi Basti in the Jangpura constituency was a case in court, but neither the Delhi government nor its DUSIB department presented any proposal to the court to save this settlement or for the rehabilitation of its residents.
