Various Left-wing organisations carried out a citizen march on Wednesday to the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal's residence to protest against anti-encroachment drives being carried out by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
The march commenced from Kashmere Gate and was proceeding towards Baijal's residence when police intervened and stopped them. According to police, the protestors was carrying out banners such as 'Stop Communal Attacks on Muslims', 'Unite Against Casteism and All forms of Capitalist Exploitation', and also shouted slogans of "Halla Bol" as they braved the scorching heat. There were about 70 protesters. Civic agencies on Wednesday continued their anti-encroachment drive in Najafgarh zone, central zone and other areas in south Delhi, as bulldozers razed the encroachments in the city. On Monday, in Shaheen Bagh hundreds of locals protested and foiled a demolition drive of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).
With hundreds of locals besides the Congress and the AAP workers staging a protest, the SDMC had to call off its drive to raze alleged encroached structures in the area under its first phase of demolition drive.