Meanwhile, he admitted that the railways could have led its demolition drive after winters.
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Here are some pictures of Shakur Basti two days after the demolition:.
AAP also said Rahul “took (a) good 48 hours to react on the issue” and that he was trying to absolve the Centre of blame as both Congress and BJP MLAs have encroached upon massive tracts of land in Delhi. “The Delhi government, according to its policies, will first rehabilitate the slum dwellers and then give back the land to the railways”, the Delhi CM said. “His party had not told him that the Railways comes under the Centre and not the Delhi Government”, the Chief Minister said. The autopsy report said the death occurred due to head and chest injuries besides shock.
Slamming the drive, the apex court said that the move was “inhuman” and added that Railways had not learnt from past mistakes.
Senior standing counsel Rahul Mehra, appearing for Delhi government, agreed to it and said, “what needs to be done, we will do as we are not shying away from our duty”.
“What is not in dispute that in the demolition drive that commenced on December 12 at least 1,600 dwellings in Shakur Basti (West) Delhi near Madipur Metro Station were demolished”.
Resolving to fight for the poor, Gandhi told the homeless, “Whenever a slum is about to be demolished, call Rahul Gandhi. Cops left police station at around 10.30 am and demolition started at noon”, Joint CP, SW Range, Delhi Police, Dependera Pathak said. I will help you in every way possible.
Later on Monday, a 45-minute meeting between Prabhu and Kejriwal threw up a long-term strategy of coordination to avoid further controversies such as the Shakur Basti incident in the future. “He (Prabhu) had very positive attitude”.
Rahul had demanded to know the reason behind AAP’s “dharna” since they were the ruling power in Delhi. So, therefore, to remove them or throw them without giving them an alternative…
On Sunday, Kejriwal met Railway officials at his residence over the issue, but was unhappy with their response. The railways, on its part, said the removal of “fresh encroachment” was necessary for expanding the infrastructure and that the action had been taken after three notices, the first one with the March 14, 2015 deadline.
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“Currently we have given 594 houses to shift them in a peaceful manner with police”.
