New Delhi: The AAP staged a series of protests against the BJP’s “bulldozer tactics” on Sunday, urging people not to be “intimidated and scared” by the party’s “gunda raj and corruption.”
It further assured residents that the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP will stand firm behind them and will not allow the BJP-run civic bodies to bulldoze their property.
After their party’s head Adesh Gupta instructed the mayors of the south and east civic authorities to remove illegal encroachments using bulldozers, the AAP accused Delhi BJP councillors of soliciting bribes from city residents on Friday.
Manish Sisodia, a senior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, called it the “reality of the BJP’s bulldozer politics” and urged his party’s MLAs to stand hard for individuals who are being “intimidated, blackmailed, and threatened” by BJP councillors.
“The Aam Aadmi Party took out padyatras (foot marches) in all 272 wards of Delhi against the BJP’s blatant extortion today. The party held a dialogue with local residents on the sidelines of the padyatras,” the party said in a statement.
Leading a foot march in Govindpuri, Kalkaji MLA Atishi assured the people of her party’s support, saying they need not get intimidated by BJP leaders.
“We have gathered here against the BJP’s hooliganism. The BJP is playing bulldozer politics all over Delhi. They are threatening people saying if they do not pay money to them bulldozers will be run over their houses and shops,” she said.
The AAP said that people are “furious” about the BJP’s “hooliganism,” and that it will soon join forces with Delhi residents to battle the BJP’s “gunda raj and corruption.”
Several concrete and temporary constructions near to a mosque were demolished in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri during an anti-encroachment drive carried out by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday, intensifying a political slugfest between the AAP and the BJP.
The NDMC drive took place just four days after communal unrest rocked the neighbourhood.
In a statement later, the party said it will continue to fight against the BJP’s “bulldozer politics” and protect the people from “extortion”.
“There was a wave of anger among the people because of the BJP-ruled MCD’s harassment and tyranny. Most of the people said that the BJP is constantly threatening them, asking them to pay or face demolition of their house,” the party claimed.
The AAP MLAs have been “directed to keep an eye out and catch hold of the extortions”, the party added.
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