New Delhi:
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal as we speak mentioned that he won’t contest the upcoming Meeting elections in Delhi if House Minister Amit Shah withdraws all circumstances associated to Delhi slum demolitions and rehabilitates each evicted individual.
“Withdraw all of the circumstances you’ve filed in opposition to the folks of slums, and submit an affidavit in courtroom that you’ll give homes to all these folks on the identical land from which they had been evicted. I can’t contest the elections. I problem you to simply accept it. In any other case, Kejriwal won’t go anyplace,” the previous Delhi chief minister mentioned as we speak.
Mr Kejriwal as we speak alleged that the BJP intends to demolish slums in Delhi if it wins the elections. Responding to his allegations, Union Minister and BJP chief Hardeep Singh Puri dismissed the claims and accused the AAP authorities of non-cooperation.
“They need your votes first and your land after the elections,” Mr Kejriwal mentioned at Shakur Basti, describing the BJP’s ‘Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makaan’ scheme as a “full eyewash.”
Mr Kejriwal claimed that solely 4,700 flats for slum dwellers had been constructed by the BJP-led central authorities prior to now 5 years, leaving the town’s 4 lakh slum households within the lurch. “At this tempo, it’s going to take 1,000 years to supply housing for all,” he claimed.
The previous Delhi Chief Minister claimed the Delhi Lt Governor had modified the land use of slum areas on December 27, paving the best way for his or her demolition instantly after the elections. He alleged that the Railways had already tendered land occupied by slums on September 30.
Union Minister Puri dismissed Mr Kejriwal’s allegations as baseless and countered with accusations of his personal. He claimed that the AAP authorities in Delhi had intentionally delayed central authorities schemes just like the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and different slum rehabilitation initiatives. “Since 2006, it has been the state authorities’s obligation to manage unauthorised colonies, however the AAP authorities didn’t cooperate,” Mr Puri mentioned.
Mr Puri accused Mr Kejriwal of utilizing deceptive claims to divert consideration from AAP’s personal governance failures. “In 2017, I despatched a letter urging the Delhi authorities to implement slum rehabilitation initiatives. As a substitute, they insisted on conducting a survey first,” he mentioned. Mr Puri additional claimed that senior AAP leaders had proven curiosity in land acquisition with out supporting housing initiatives for slum dwellers.
“A Central Vigilance report revealed that bogs had been being counted as lecture rooms underneath AAP’s schooling initiatives,” Mr Puri alleged. He claimed that whereas AAP promised to construct 20,000 lecture rooms, solely 4,260 had been constructed, with funds allegedly misused. Mr Puri additionally alleged a scarcity of 6,000 academics, which he mentioned contradicted the federal government’s promise of world-class schooling.
The AAP is aiming to safe a 3rd consecutive time period in Delhi. The social gathering, which received 62 of 70 seats in 2020, is in search of to consolidate its voter base amongst marginalised communities, together with slum dwellers.
Throughout his handle as we speak, Mr Kejriwal reiterated his 2015 intervention to stop slum demolitions. Accompanied by Satyendar Jain, AAP’s candidate from Shakur Basti, Mr Kejriwal appealed to voters to reject BJP’s alleged “traitorous” insurance policies.
