Delhi BJP chief seeks action against AAP, Congress leaders for blocking bulldozers in Shaheen Bagh

As bulldozers rolled into Shaheen Bagh this morning, AAP and Congress leaders joined the locals to resist the demolition drive, lying down on the road and sitting in front of the earth movers.

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta has written to the Delhi top cop and the Commissioner of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) demanding action against leaders of the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party who sat in front of bulldozers in Shaheen Bagh this morning, resisting the SDMC’s anti-encroachment drive in the area.

Anti-encroachment drives were planned in the SDMC areas after Adesh Gupta wrote to the BJP-ruled civic body's mayor on April 20 to remove encroachments by “Rohingyas, Bangladeshis and anti-social elements”.

“It was decided in advance that action will be taken today against the illegal encroachments in Shaheen Bagh against Bangladeshi Rohingyas. However, certain political parties and their leaders, including MLAs of the Delhi government, leaders of the Congress and the AAP, lay in front of the bulldozers, hindering government action. The police and civic officials were stopped from carrying out their duty,” Adesh Gupta wrote in the letter.

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“Hence, I request you to take just action against these leaders for obstructing government work,” he added.

This morning, bulldozers rolled into Shaheen Bagh, which was the epicenter of the mammoth protest against the Centre's controversial new law - the Citizenship Amendment Act, as authorities continue to crackdown on illegal encroachments in the national capital.

Leaders of the Congress and other political parties joined the residents to protest against the anti-encroachment drive by sitting on dharna and blocking the bulldozers and excavators despite the heavy deployment of the police force.