New Delhi: War of words erupted between the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena over demolition of slums in the city. The city government on Friday alleged that ever since LG Vinai Kumar Saxena took office, in the past nearly 1.5-2 years, he has ordered demolition of as many ‘jhuggis’ as never before in Delhi and nearly 3 lakh slum dwellers have become homeless under the directions of LG. Meanwhile, the LG said that it is a complete lie as he has never ordered demolition of any slum in the national capital.
The city government alleged that it has also come to light that on the orders of LG, there was an attempt to demolish Ghosiya Colony in Mehrauli inappropriately. When the Kejriwal government raised the voice of the people living there, in court, the High Court stayed the demolition. Otherwise, LG would have demolished the entire Ghosiya Colony. Similarly, behind Sundar Nagar Nursery, there was a very large JJ cluster that LG demolished by misleading the court.
It said that in the last few days, LG has rendered numerous people homeless. Because of this, now before the elections, the LG has to play this drama, and shed crocodile tears, because the LG also knows that this time the people living in unauthorized colonies and slums in Delhi will vote against the BJP. The biggest reason for this is the demolitions carried out within the JJ clusters by the LG.
“It is worth noting that around 800 Hindu refugees from Pakistan have been living in Delhi since 2011. 2 days ago, LG ordered the demolition of their slums as well. At that time, CM Arvind Kejriwal raised his voice for the Hindu refugees. Otherwise, LG had also planned to make those 800 Hindu refugees homeless,” it alleged.
It further added that before this, around 2.5 lakh people near Tughlaqabad were made homeless, hundreds of people in Ghousia Colony in Mehrauli were made homeless, their homes were demolished with bulldozers. Hundreds of people behind Sundar Nursery were made homeless. All the agencies carrying out these actions are under the jurisdiction of LG. Similarly, notices were issued to evict thousands of people around Sarojini Nagar and Safdarjung. Notices were issued to evict people living on Majnu Ka Tila. The LG should answer if these demolitions are underway without his permission, then why has no action been taken against the responsible officers?
The LG office, however, said that this is typical and blatant lie being peddled, supposedly by the Delhi government as not a single Jhuggi has been removed at LG’s directions. Infact, on many occasions, the last being at Majnu ka Tila demolition has been stopped due to LG’s intervention.
“What is atrocious is that they are even dragging the courts into their murky games. They are charging the LG of ‘misleading’ the courts, a tactics that they have perfected and the LG Secre4tariat has even moved courts against the perjury committed by them. If they think or thought that the LG mislead the courts, why are not they taking recourse to bringing the true picture in front of the courts? Who is stopping them?” the LG office said.
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