Delhi Violence, Jahangirpuri Communal Clashes: Four days after communal violence took place during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area, the MCD will carry out an anti-encroachment drive on Wednesday and Thursday in the area and has asked the Delhi Police to provide at least 400 personnel to maintain law and order. Scrap dealers were seen in the morning today vacating the site ahead of the anti-encroachment drive.
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Tuesday wrote to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) mayor to identify the illegal constructions of “rioters” in Jahangirpuri and demolish it using bulldozers. The copy of the letter was also sent to commissioner of the municipal body. The Anti-riot Force has been ordered to remain vigilant while senior officers will remain on ground. Drones will be used to monitor any mobilisation of mob during the drive. Police teams will patrol nearby areas and congested lanes to keep an eye on miscreants.
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Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha squarely blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for orchestrating riots in different parts of the country and suggested that the only way to put an end to incidents of violence, like those seen in Delhi in the past few days, was to deploy bulldozers to demolish the headquarters of the saffron party in Delhi. Read More
BJP Delhi President Adesh Gupta said that the country is watching those trying to defend the rioters. He further alleged that the same lawyers from the Congress were against the Ram Temple construction.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the government over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off "bulldozers of hate" and switch on power plants.
He also raised the issue of coal shortage in the country and shared a news report that claims that India stares at outages as coal stocks at power plants hit a low.
Jahangirpuri anti-encroachment drive: SC order came after it was told that demolition was on despite status quo direction. - PTI
"Anti-encroachment drive has been stopped in Jahangirpuri area," says Special Commissioner of Police, Law & Order, Delhi Police
Supreme Court has halted the demolition drive carried out by the NDMC in Delhi's Jahangirpiuri area. The court will hear the matter tomorrow.
Mohammad Saddam, who sells chicken in Jahangirpuri C Block said that people have packed up all their belongings following reports of an encroachment drive.
"The encroachment drive takes places every few months, but this action is happening due to the clashes that occured on Hanuman Jayanti. I have never seen such a huge deployment of police during an encroachment drive," he was quoted The Indian Express as saying.
In the encroachment drive, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) will bulldoze the houses of the accused involved in the Jahangirpuri violence. The drive is expected to begin begin at 11 am.
Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP want to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of Delhi, AAP leader Amanatullah Khan on Wednesday alleged, after the NDMC scheduled an anti-encroachment drive in Jahangirpuri, which saw violent clashes between two communities last week.
In a video message on Twitter, the Okhla MLA said demolition of the houses of "a particular community" just to "harass" them in the holy month of Ramadan on the pretext of an anti-encroachment drive will further spoil the atmosphere in the area.
The Delhi Police has slapped the stringent National Security Act on five accused persons arrested in connection with the violence in Jahangirpuri. Among those booked under the stringent law are Ansar, the alleged "main conspirator" behind the violence, and Sonu, who was seen in a video opening fire during the violence on Saturday. So far, the Delhi Police has arrested over 20 people in connection with the clashes that erupted during a procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.