New Delhi: The AAP staged a series of protests against the BJPโs โbulldozer tacticsโ on Sunday, urging people not to be โintimidated and scaredโ by the partyโs โgunda raj and corruption.โ
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 partyโs 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 โreality of the BJPโs bulldozer politicsโ and urged his partyโs MLAs to stand hard for individuals who are being โintimidated, blackmailed, and threatenedโ by BJP councillors.
โThe Aam Aadmi Party took out padyatras (foot marches) in all 272 wards of Delhi against the BJPโs blatant extortion today. The party held a dialogue with local residents on the sidelines of the padyatras,โ the party said in a statement.
Leading a foot march in Govindpuri, Kalkaji MLA Atishi assured the people of her partyโs support, saying they need not get intimidated by BJP leaders.
โWe have gathered here against the BJPโs 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,โ she said.
The AAP said that people are โfuriousโ about the BJPโs โhooliganism,โ and that it will soon join forces with Delhi residents to battle the BJPโs โgunda raj and corruption.โ
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 BJPโs โbulldozer politicsโ and protect the people from โextortionโ.
โThere was a wave of anger among the people because of the BJP-ruled MCDโs 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,โ the party claimed.
The AAP MLAs have been โdirected to keep an eye out and catch hold of the extortionsโ, the party added.
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