Rahul to raise Delhi slum razing in parliament

However, the blame game has also brough Delhi Chief Minister face to face with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi. “I don’t think his party has told him that that Indian Railways comes the Centre and not the Delhi Government”, Kejriwal tweeted.

While speaking to the slum dwellers, Rahul promised them that he would extend every help possible to alleviate them of their problems.

AAP and Trinammol Congress protested close to the Mahatma Gandhi statue outdoors Parliament condemning the demolition.

Anwar was not oblivious of the fact that the death of his child had triggered a fresh round of confrontation between the Delhi government and the Centre, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanding a murder case to be registered in the case.

Severely crucial of Railways and the police, the AAP authorities has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the demolition drive and dying of the woman. The death of an infant at the demolition site had caused huge uproar and invited criticism from all quarters.

The demolition of shanties in the Belagaon area was reportedly carried out by Delhi Development Authority. We will fight for you and won’t let this gross injustice happen to you. We came to know about it after it began.

Gandhi told the affected families: “We will try to help you…” The CM said that he had spoken to Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who was not “aware of this operation”.

According to media reports, the Shakur Basti demolition drive had rendered almost 500 people homeless.

Terming the incident as inhuman, Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain alleged the demolition was carried out “to teach a lesson” to these people who had voted for Arvind Kejriwal. The counsel for railway was unable to give a reply to the court’s query.

Acting with the ease and felicity of a consummate politician, Kejriwal has quickly turned the demolition drive in Shakur Basti into a national event, into yet another televised, twittered battle in the ongoing war between his government and the Centre. Subsequently, two more notices were given to them – one with the deadline of September 30, 2015 and the last one with the deadline of December 12, 2015, he said.

A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vibhu Bakhru slammed Northern Railway and Delhi Police for a “pathetic act” and wondered how could they ignore “peoples’ lives” and “be so casual” while razing a slum cluster in west Delhi. “You really don’t care about the people, you just want to remove them”, a Delhi HC bench hammered away at the Railways after the death of a six month old baby, reportedly because of “blunt force impact” has gone from human tragedy to political football in 24 hours.