Slum demolition row: Arvind kejriwal says ‘Rahul Gandhi is still a kid’

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi a “kid” after a war of words broke out between the two leaders over the controversial evictions at Shakur Basti.

Meanwhile, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi lashed out at AAP government for not making alternate arrangements for the slum dwellers for their rehabilitation.

Stepping into the demolition row, the high court had came down heavily on the Railway Ministry and police for the drive and directed the authorities to immediately rehabilitate over 5,000 people rendered homeless. Parliamentarians of the Trinamool Congress joined AAP in the protest.

Rahul Gandhi has made a statement to press, “Why is AAP doing Dharna in Parliament?”

The Delhi government said the demolition violated judicial orders, and were carried out without informing it.

No more hutments will be razed in Delhi before its occupants are rehabilitated, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced today after meeting Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Targeting the Chief Minister, Upadhyay said “he has a particular way of appearing on channels and show himself as a well wisher”.

Following a child’s death in Shakur Basti, the Delhi Police on Monday washed its hands of the incident, claiming it took place about two hours before the demolition of hutments in the area took place.

Hundreds were left homeless in the rising cold after the anti-encroachment drive by the railway police, allegedly to make way for a new passenger terminal in west Delhi. “We will fight for you…”

Observing that the railways was in a hurry to demolish the shanties in Shakur Basti, the bench asked: “What was the tearing hurry to demolish Shakur Basti JJ cluster in December?” We will fight for you…

“Perhaps, a deal must been struck between Modi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case which is why he is targeting the Kejriwal government”, Singh tweeted.

“In the process an infant girl has died and the post-mortem has revealed that she had received severe head injuries and that her ribs had broken”, said Jain. The AAP said it was providing them food and shelter. NOTICES WERE IGNORED: RLYS Arora said the slum dwellers were given first notice for vacating the land by March 14, 2015. Senior standing counsel Rahul Mehra, while appearing for Delhi government, assured HC that “what needs to be done, we will do as we are not shying away from our duty”.

Terming the drive as “sudden” action, it said earlier too similar activities were planned by Railways, but could not materialise following “intervention” by Kejriwal and the state government.