Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal urged the slum dwellers on Sunday to protest against the BJP-led government’s demolition drives and called on them to reject both the BJP and Congress in future elections. Addressing a protest organised by the AAP at Jantar Mantar against the slum demolitions, the AAP chief said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said, ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Makan,’ but what he meant was ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Maidan.’
Kejriwal claimed that the promises of Prime Minister Modi are false and urged people not to fall for them in the future. The national convenor of AAP also alleged that the Rekha Gupta-led Delhi government had ruined the city in the past five months.
“We had left a perfectly fine Delhi. But these people have ruined it. There are long power cuts, school fees have been hiked, and their ministers and MLAs are busy looting Delhi,” he charged.
#WATCH | Delhi: On AAP’s protest against the demolition of slums, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal says, “Before the elections, I released a video saying that you should not vote for them (BJP), even by mistake, because their eyes are on your land. If you vote for them, they… pic.twitter.com/guKMBKDaU6
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Calling on slum dwellers to unite, he said, There are 40 lakh slum dwellers.
“If you take to the roads, they will be forced to stop the demolitions,” Kejriwal said.
“The Anna movement started from Jantar Mantar and removed the Congress from power. From here, a new movement will begin, and the BJP’s hold on power will also be shaken,” he added.
“I had said they would demolish it in a year, but they have already destroyed Delhi in just 5 months… They have run the bulldozers and ruined Delhi. In such heat, with 50°C, they are demolishing the slums of poor people, making them helpless to even walk on the road. The poor man works near his slum… If the slum is destroyed, his livelihood also gets ruined… They have left the poor to die…,” Kejriwal further said.
Kejriwal also urged people not to vote for either Congress or the BJP in the future and added that both parties are like brother and sister.
“When Congress was in power, there were power cuts and school fees were arbitrarily hiked. For 10 years, we did not let that happen. But after the BJP came to power, the same things are happening again,” he added.
Kejriwal also accused the BJP of targeting AAP leaders by lodging FIRs against them. They have lodged FIRs against Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, and Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Meanwhile, reacting to the comment by the former Delhi CM, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said that Kejriwal should have explained that when the BJP government was working to save every single person during the pandemic, arranging for their food and shelter.
#WATCH Delhi: On AAP’s protest against the demolition of slums, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva says, “…Arvind Kejriwal should have explained that when the BJP government was working to save every single person during the pandemic, arranging for their food and shelter, it… pic.twitter.com/PCINfe3VYV
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“It was this same Kejriwal who was planning to drive slum dwellers out of Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal should clarify whether he has built even a single house for slum dwellers in the last 10 years. Due to his stubbornness, the 50,000 houses built in Narela were left in ruins instead of being given to the poor…,” Sachdeva said.
