‘First Your Vote, Then Land’: Arvind Kejriwal Claims BJP Will Demolish Delhi Slums If It Wins Polls – News18
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Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of planning to demolish Delhi’s slums with out addressing the housing wants of residents, calling their guarantees beneath the ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Makaan’ scheme a sham.
Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media (Video screengrab/PTI)
Delhi’s former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) convenor on Sunday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) will demolish all slums in Delhi whether it is voted to energy within the upcoming meeting elections.
Addressing a press convention within the Shakur Basti space of the nationwide capital, Kejriwal accused the BJP of prioritising land acquisition over the welfare of slum dwellers.
“They need your votes first and your land after the elections,” Kejriwal stated, referring to the BJP.
He additionally criticised the BJP’s ‘Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makaan’ scheme, terming it an eyewash.
“Prior to now 5 years, they’ve constructed solely 4,700 flats for slum dwellers,” he added.
Kejriwal additionally alleged that the BJP has plans to take over the land presently occupied by slum dwellers with out addressing their housing wants.
“They are going to demolish all of the slums and purchase the land with none concern for the folks residing there,” he stated.
“The BJP’s love for the residents of jhuggis (slums) grows solely throughout elections. They don’t care concerning the folks residing in jhuggis. Earlier than elections, they need votes from them, and after elections, they need their land,” Kejriwal stated.
“Amit Shah ji lied to the residents of Delhi’s jhuggis when he claimed, ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Makaan‘. However the BJP didn’t make clear whose home they have been speaking about. In line with them, it’s ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Unke Dost Ka Makaan’.”
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Kejriwal was accompanied by senior AAP chief Satyendar Jain, the occasion’s candidate from Shakur Basti constituency. Jain is searching for re-election from the seat for the fourth time after profitable it in 2013, 2015 and 2020.
Delhi goes to polls on February 5 and the outcomes will likely be introduced on February 8.
The AAP, which gained 62 of the 70 seats in Delhi within the 2020 elections, is eyeing a 3rd consecutive full time period.
