Delhi Asks BJP-Run Civic Agencies To Give Report Amid "Bulldozer" Row
NDTV
The Delhi government has sought a report from three BJP-run municipal corporations on demolition drives carried out in the city since April 1. The development comes days after anti-encroachment drive carried out in various parts of Delhi triggered tensions between the BJP and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party.
Slamming the anti-encroachment drive, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said that the demolitions will be the "biggest destruction" in Independent India, and accused the BJP of "misusing" power.
At a meeting with Aam Aadmi Party MLAs earlier this week, Mr Kejriwal told them that they should be ready to go to jail for opposing the anti-encroachment drive.
"They are reaching colonies with bulldozers and razing any shop and house. Even if people show them papers to prove that the structure is not illegal, they do not check them," he said.
