Prabhu also said the residents had ignored several notices from the railway authorities. Why did they come here? “Little did we realise that one thing had fallen on her”, Anwar stated.
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The accusation triggered a sharp response from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who called Gandhi immature.
Rahul Gandhi posted on his official Twitter handle, “Modi sarkar and Kejriwal sarkar are responsible for what has happened here”.
“Now they are busy blaming each other”.
“Given the scale of the human tragedy, the court expects all parties to act in coordination to ensure that relief and rehabilitation are given to persons who lost their homes”. According to Mr Kejriwal, Mr Gandhi was still a “kid”. The report submitted by the department of forensic science and toxicology of Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital said the injuries were ante-mortem, which means the injuries were reported before death. “Rahul Gandhi continues to be a toddler”. Kejriwal rebutted Rahul saying the latter was “still a kid” and that probably the Congress had not apprised him of the fact that the Railways, which carried out the razing, fell under the central government.
Delhi HC also came down heavily on the rail ministry, police for razing the slum cluster…
“In principle, it was decided that there will be no demolition anywhere without rehabilitation in the coming days”, Kejriwal said after meeting Prabhu.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi Government had questioned the timing of Railways’ action and asked why proper arrangements to rehabilitate the dwellers was not made before their houses were demolished. The death of an infant at the demolition site had caused huge uproar and invited criticism from all quarters.
In the Lok Sabha, AAP’s Bhagwant Mann said the razing was an “atrocity on the poor”.
BJP’s Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay. Around 1,200 people are reported to have been displaced.
Taking note that the counsel for railways have failed to produce the relevant communication on which police went to demolish the slum at Shakur Basti here on Saturday, the court asked them to file their report before December 16 on the way they have and will be rehabilitating those who were rendered homeless.
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AAP additionally protested in Parliament over the difficulty after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan rejected an adjournment movement moved by it.
