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New Delhi Apr 24 PTI The recent bulldozer-enabled demolitions reflect a complete breakdown of law and order and it is fair to assume that this novel method of removing encroachmentsis aimed at the Muslim community and the poor senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram said on SundayIn an interview with PTI Chidambaram came down hard on the Jahangirpuri demolitions and those in Madhya Pradeshs Khargone earlier saying the BJP leaders justification of the bulldozer-enabled demolitions flies in the face of the law On criticism from certain quarters that the Congress delegation was late by a day in visiting the Jahangirpuri demolition site with Opposition leaders such as Brinda Karat and Asaduddin Owaisi reaching there first the former Union minister said I am not aware of who visited when I know that a Congress delegation visited the area shortly after the demolitions were carried out If there was an unexplained delay I regret it Why do you bring religion into the issue when my concern is the gross and blatant violation of the established legal procedure he said while responding to a question on whether the alleged delay was due to the Congress fear of the BJPs Muslim appeasement chargeAsked if the Congress should push for secularism more aggressively in the face of the soft Hindutva charge against the party Chidambaram said secularism is part of the basic structure of the Constitution and it is a basic foundational value of the CongressIt is not enough to remain secular Everyone must speak the language of secularism and raise a protest when secularism is violated I cannot accept any departure from secularism Chidambaram saidThere is nothing to be gained by straying from the straight path he addedOn bulldozer politics becoming the buzzword in the political lexicon in light of the events in Delhis Jahangirpuri and Madhya Pradeshs Khargone Chidambaram said the BJP leaders justification of bulldozer-enabled demolitions flies in the face of the lawIn every municipality or panchayat law there are provisions for gathering information on encroachmentsillegal constructions issuing notice to the person concerned to remove the encroachment giving an opportunity to submit objections passing a reasoned order a provision for an appeal and if the appeal is dismissed issuing another notice before the demolition squad is deployed he said Was any of these steps complied with in any of the recent demolitions That is why there is no law no order and it is a complete breakdown of law and order Whose house or shop was demolished is not material he asserted On observations by certain quarters that Muslims were being targeted through such actions he said that based on information in the public domain it appears that most of the houses and shops that were demolished belonged to Muslims and the poor If that perception is wrong the authorities concerned should publish the correct data As long as the perception remains and is not contradicted it is fair to assume that this novel method of removing encroachments illegal constructions is aimed at the Muslim community and the poor Chidambaram said By the way there are whole colonies in which the rich live where many houses are illegal constructions he said Those who justify the bulldozer-enabled demolitions without observing the law are digging a hole into which they may fall in the future the senior Congress leader said I am not raising the question of secularism I am asking simply does law allow such demolitions If the answer is no that is enough to condemn the demolitions If you ignore the law you do so at your peril he said Asked about the Aam Aadmi party bringing in Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in the discourse of the Jahangirpuri demolitions Chidambaram said the AAP is becoming adventurous like the BJP I am concerned by the tendency of political parties to see a burning issue as an opportunity to score a political point that has no relevance to the issue at hand he said The issues of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas have nothing to do with bulldozer-enabled demolitions Chidambaram stressed Several concrete and temporary structures in Jahangirpuri were brought down last week as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North MCD days after the northwest Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by communal violence The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognisance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind against the demolition A delegation of Congress leaders visited the area on Thursday but were stopped by the police from going to the site where the anti-encroachment drive was conducted a day before Bulldozers razing several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri during an anti-encroachment drive had triggered political sparring with the Opposition alleging it was a demolition of Indias constitutional values and the BJP asserting it was a legal exercise which had nothing to do with religion Earlier this month the Madhya Pradesh government launched a drive in Khargone against illegal properties allegedly belonging to those involved in the stone-pelting and other forms of violence that broke out during a Ram Navami procession on April 10 Several Muslim religious leaders in the state have alleged that members of the community were being unfairly targeted by the authorities following the violence and houses were demolished in some cases without due process PTI ASK BJ ASK ANB ANB