Jahangirpuri demolition: SC to hear case today; TMC to send 'fact-finding' team tomorrow

The Trinamool Congress has decided to send a 'fact-finding' team to Delhi's Jahangirpuri on Friday while NSUI in JNU has decided to hold a protest rally on Thursday.

The Jahangirpuri demolition in Delhi on Wednesday, April 20, has sparked widespread protests across India. Jahangirpuri witnessed back-to-back incidents of violence on April 16, Hanuman Jayanti, and April 18. The Delhi BJP alleged that those accused of rioting in Jahangirpuri had built ‘illegal constructions’ in the area and demanded that they be demolished. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation later announced an anti-encroachment drive in the region on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Supreme court on Wednesday, April 20, ordered a stay on the Jahangirpuri demolition drive on Wednesday itself. The SC then ordered a status quo on the demolition drive till it heard the case on Thursday.

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Leaders of various organisations condemned the move, with AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi going to the extent of calling it the Turkman Gate (massacre) of 2022.

Here’s what has happened so far:

1. NDMC begins removing alleged encroachments from Jahangirpuri area on Wednesday.

2. Supreme Court orders stay on demolition. CJI NV Ramana steps in for the second time after demolition continues for nearly 1.5 hours after the order is passed. The CJI’s bench will hear the case at 11.30 am on Thursday.