Intensifying its agitation, Delhi Congress on Friday warned to launch a ‘Jail Bharo’ agitation and start impromptu gherao of BJP and AAP leaders to protest against the “illegal sealing” of non-polluting household industries in the city.
In a rally organised under the ‘Nyay Yudh’ campaign at Karol Bagh here, Congress Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken said he was “ready to go to jail” to get relief and justice for the people hit by the “illegal sealing” and “loot” in the name of conversion charge.
Holding the Central and the AAP Governments responsible for the sealing, Maken claimed that they did not present relevant facts before the Supreme Court to stop the sealing drive. He said that he will not shy away from going to jail for protesting against the Government loot in collecting conversion charges illegally.
“The Congress is solidly behind over 50 lakh people on the issue of illegal collection of conversion charges, which should be stopped,” Maken said.
Mounting a direct attack on the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party, Maken said both these parties are not willing to adhere to the Master Plan made by the Congress Government. He said that the Central and Delhi Governments did not deliberately present all the facts before the Supreme Court. “Due to the illegal sealing, lakhs of people have been rendered unemployed, and the revenue of the Government has come down,” he said.
The party passed a resolution, saying that a ‘Jail Bharo’ agitation will be launched against the “illegal sealing”.
Convener of the “Nyay Yudh” campaign Mukesh Sharma said “Both AAP and the BJP are responsible for endangering livelihood of nearly three lakh labourers and traders by not taking steps to stop the sealing drive. Sharma said leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be gheraoed without any prior notice in the coming days.
Senior party leaders and former ministers Arvinder Singh Lovely and Haroon Yusuf also addressed the protesters, including local traders and workers.