Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal meeting party MLAs over BJP's 'bulldozer politics'
The Hindu
Earlier, the meeting of Aam Aadmi Party MLAs was scheduled for May 14 but was cancelled following the massive fire in a building in Mundka in which at least 27 people have died.
A meeting of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs with Delhi Chief Minister and party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal over the Bharatiya Janata Party's "bulldozer politics" began here on morning of May 16 .
The meeting being held at Chief Minister's residence was attended by almost all the ruling Aam Aadmi Party MLAs in Delhi, the party sources said.
The three civic bodies have been carrying out demolitions in several parts of Delhi, including Shaheen Bagh, Madanpur Khadar, New Friends Colony, Mangolpuri, Karol Bagh, Khyala, and Lodhi Colony.
The anti-encroachment drives by BJP-ruled municipal corporations started in the national capital after Party President Adesh Gupta wrote letters to the mayors for removing encroachments by Rohingyas and Bangladeshis living illegally in the city.
Earlier, the meeting of AAP MLAs was scheduled for May 14 but was cancelled following the massive fire in a building in Mundka in which at least 27 people have died.
On May 15, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and urged him to stop the "destruction" in the name of the anti-encroachment drive.
The Deputy Chief Minister had also slammed the "bulldozer politics" of the BJP and claimed that the civic bodies were planning to raze 63 lakh dwellings in the national capital.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.