Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta accused AAP leaders of spreading rumours on slum demolitions, reiterating the government’s commitment to rehabilitate eligible slum residents in case their dwellings are razed for development projects. She assured that the government has allocated a budget Rs 700 crore to provide accommodation to eligible slum dwellers.
Amid continuous attacks from opposition over the issue, CM Gupta sought to dispel what she termed as rumours and assured residents of the slum that her government has allocated Rs 700 crore in the Budget for the development of slum settlements. She stated that whenever slums need to be removed for any reason, arrangements are being made to provide houses to the eligible residents. The Chief Minister also appealed to the slum dwellers not to be misled by the "broom-wielding" (AAP) leaders, as during their government, they merely treated slum residents as vote banks and encouraged the supply of alcohol to these areas.
“Whenever slums need to be removed for any reason, arrangements are being made to provide houses to the eligible residents…,” she said at the ‘Faatak wali jhuggi’ near the railway crossing in Shalimar Bagh on Sunday where the Railways have issued a notice for demolition as part of a project to expand the Azadpur railway station.
“When a crisis came upon you, I came to meet you because the Delhi government is not in favour of removing slums without reason… If slums have to be removed for development projects or other legitimate reasons, the government will ensure proper rehabilitation for the eligible residents so they too can become part of Delhi’s growth story,” she added. This comes amid the recent demolition of unauthorised slums at Madrasi Camp, Bhoomiheen Camp, Jailerwala Bagh Camp and Taimoor Nagar in the Capital.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said hundreds of slum dwellers in Delhi are going through the pain of being rendered homeless with their houses being destroyed by the BJP government, as he claimed that this “atrocity” exposes the ruling party’s “insensitivity” towards the poor and its “arrogance of power”.
The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha shared a video of his recent visit to Delhi’s Ashok Vihar area where houses of several people were brought down by the administration. The small houses in which they had settled their entire life were “ruthlessly destroyed” by the BJP government, he alleged in his post in Hindi on X along with the video.
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