Jahangirpuri AAP says BJP councillors extorting money from Delhiites by showing bulldozers
New Delhi Apr 22 PTI As the political brouhaha over the demolition drive in Jahangirpuri continues the AAP on Friday accused Delhi BJP councillors of demanding bribe from city residents after their partys chief Adesh Gupta asked the mayors of south and east civic bodies to remove illegal encroachments by using bulldozersSenior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia called the development truth of the BJPs bulldozer politics and gave a call to his party MLAs to firmly stand by the people who are being intimidated blackmailed and threatened by the saffron party councillorsMany such complaints are coming from all over Delhi People of Delhi will not tolerate this type of blatant extortion and hooliganism Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweetIs that why the MCD elections have been postponed he askedSisodia appealed to his party MLAs to stand against the BJPs extortion driveI appeal to all AAP MLAs to stand against this extortion drive being run by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Tell people everywhere in your area that the Delhi government and the Aam Aadmi Party AAP are standing with the people he said in a letter to his party legislatorsIf such a case comes to the notice of any MLA help the people immediately catch the extortionists of the BJP and hand them over to police Immediately bring such cases to the notice of the government as well he addedIn a statement the minister also claimed that the real reason behind BJPs bulldozer politics is their lust for moneyAfter several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque were demolished in violence-hit Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi on Wednesday as part of the north corporations anti-encroachment drive Delhi BJP chief Gupta had written to mayors of south and east corporations asking them to remove illegal encroachments using bulldozers in their areas as wellIn separate letters to the two mayors he had also alleged that anti-social elements had encroached the government land at several locations in south and east civic bodies areas because they enjoy protection of local MLAs and AAP leadersChaotic scenes had unfolded in Jahangirpuri on Wednesday when roadside stalls and shops allegedly built on public land were pulled down by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC in the presence of huge contingents of police and paramilitary triggering recrimination among political parties before the apex court pressed the pause buttonThe ruling AAP in Delhi alleged that Guptas letter to the mayors was a well-planned scheme to extort money from the people of Delhi as much as possible before the term of the three municipal corporationsThere is no mention of Rohingiyas and Bangladeshis in his letter while he is talking about them It is a well planned scheme of the BJP AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj told reportersAAPs Kalkaji MLA Atishi alleged that while the BJP leaders allowed all illegal constructions and encroachments come up in Delhi after taking bribe from people with the saffron party ruling all the three civic bodies for last 15 years they are now reaching out to the people once again byn threatening that the illegal structures will be demolished if they do not give moneyThey are doing this to fill their pockets as much as possible because this is their last chance The term of the elected civic bodies will expire by May 18 she addedPTI PK SRY
New Delhi Apr 22 PTI As the political brouhaha over the demolition drive in Jahangirpuri continues the AAP on Friday accused Delhi BJP councillors of demanding bribe from city residents after their partys chief Adesh Gupta asked the mayors of south and east civic bodies to remove illegal encroachments by using bulldozersSenior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia called the development truth of the BJPs bulldozer politics and gave a call to his party MLAs to firmly stand by the people who are being intimidated blackmailed and threatened by the saffron party councillorsMany such complaints are coming from all over Delhi People of Delhi will not tolerate this type of blatant extortion and hooliganism Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweetIs that why the MCD elections have been postponed he askedSisodia appealed to his party MLAs to stand against the BJPs extortion driveI appeal to all AAP MLAs to stand against this extortion drive being run by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Tell people everywhere in your area that the Delhi government and the Aam Aadmi Party AAP are standing with the people he said in a letter to his party legislatorsIf such a case comes to the notice of any MLA help the people immediately catch the extortionists of the BJP and hand them over to police Immediately bring such cases to the notice of the government as well he addedIn a statement the minister also claimed that the real reason behind BJPs bulldozer politics is their lust for moneyAfter several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque were demolished in violence-hit Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi on Wednesday as part of the north corporations anti-encroachment drive Delhi BJP chief Gupta had written to mayors of south and east corporations asking them to remove illegal encroachments using bulldozers in their areas as wellIn separate letters to the two mayors he had also alleged that anti-social elements had encroached the government land at several locations in south and east civic bodies areas because they enjoy protection of local MLAs and AAP leadersChaotic scenes had unfolded in Jahangirpuri on Wednesday when roadside stalls and shops allegedly built on public land were pulled down by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC in the presence of huge contingents of police and paramilitary triggering recrimination among political parties before the apex court pressed the pause buttonThe ruling AAP in Delhi alleged that Guptas letter to the mayors was a well-planned scheme to extort money from the people of Delhi as much as possible before the term of the three municipal corporationsThere is no mention of Rohingiyas and Bangladeshis in his letter while he is talking about them It is a well planned scheme of the BJP AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj told reportersAAPs Kalkaji MLA Atishi alleged that while the BJP leaders allowed all illegal constructions and encroachments come up in Delhi after taking bribe from people with the saffron party ruling all the three civic bodies for last 15 years they are now reaching out to the people once again byn threatening that the illegal structures will be demolished if they do not give moneyThey are doing this to fill their pockets as much as possible because this is their last chance The term of the elected civic bodies will expire by May 18 she addedPTI PK SRY
