80% Delhi Illegal, Will It All Be Destroyed?: Delhi CM On Demolition Drives
Mumbai: Criticizing the anti-encroachment drive being carried out in various parts of the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that if shops and houses of 63 lakh people in Delhi are vandalized with bulldozers, the which are considered illegal, it will be the “biggest destruction” in independent India.
In a meeting with Aam Aadmi Party MLAs on the matter, Kejriwal told them that they should be prepared to go to jail for opposing the anti-encroachment drive being run by the BJP-led municipal corporations in different parts of Delhi.
“They are reaching the colonies with bulldozers and demolishing any shops and houses. If people show them papers to prove that the structure isn’t illegal, they don’t check them,” he said.
“Delhi is not built in a planned manner. More than 80 per cent of Delhi can be said to be illegal and encroached. Does this mean that you will destroy 80 per cent of Delhi?” he said in an online briefing.
The party is against the way the anti-encroachment drive is being carried out, he said, adding that around 50 lakh people live in unauthorized colonies, 10 lakh in ‘jhuggis’ and there are lakhs of people who have modified balconies or done something that does not conform to original maps.
“Delhi is not built in a planned manner. More than 80 per cent of Delhi can be said to be illegal and encroached. Does this mean that you will destroy 80 per cent of Delhi?” he said in an online briefing.
The party is against the way the anti-encroachment drive is being carried out, he said, adding that around 50 lakh people live in unauthorized colonies, 10 lakh live in ‘jhuggis’ and lakhs who have modified balconies or something. has done. like that. which does not correspond to the original map.
He said, “That means, the homes and shops of 63 lakh people will be bulldozed. This will be the biggest devastation in independent India.”
Stating that the Aam Aadmi Party is against encroachment and wants Delhi to look beautiful, he said the demolition of homes and shops of 63 lakh people will not be tolerated.
“In the last 15 years, the BJP was in power in MCD and took the money. Their tenure will be ending on May 18. Do you have the constitutional power to take such big decisions? Let elections happen and let that party take the decision. Everyone knows that the AAP will come to power in MCD,” he said.
He assured people that the AAP will solve the problem of encroachment and that people residing in unauthorised colonies will get ownership rights.
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