BJP will demolish all slums if it comes to power in Delhi, says Arvind Kejriwal
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BJP will demolish all slums if it comes to power in Delhi, says Arvind Kejriwal

The Hindu  

The politics over slums intensified in the National Capital on Sunday with the Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal challenging Home Minister Amit Shah that he will not contest the Delhi Assembly election if the latter withdraws within 24 hours all cases registered against slum dwellers in the last 10 years and resettles them, who have been evicted, at their original areas. They won’t even wait for two days,” Mr. Kejriwal said at a slum cluster in Shakur Basti of north Delhi. Model slum Earlier on Sunday, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva visited Nehru Camp in the Patparganj constituency during the BJP’s slum outreach campaign. “It is regrettable that, despite various claims made by Arvind Kejriwal, the earnings of Delhi’s poor slum-dwelling families are consumed entirely by electricity bills and the cost of buying water,” he said.

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AAP failed to provide homes promised to slum dwellers, now shifting blame: BJP's Parvesh Verma
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1 day, 19 hours ago

AAP failed to provide homes promised to slum dwellers, now shifting blame: BJP's Parvesh Verma

The Hindu  

BJP leader Parvesh Verma Monday accused AAP of failing to fulfil its pledge of providing homes to slum dwellers and claimed these people have not got houses despite paying large sums of money to the Delhi government under its housing scheme for them. The BJP candidate who has been fielded against Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal in the …

BJP will raze Delhi slums if it wins polls: Arvind Kejriwal counters Amit Shah
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3 days, 6 hours ago

BJP will raze Delhi slums if it wins polls: Arvind Kejriwal counters Amit Shah

India Today  

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the BJP will demolish slums in the city if it wins the February 5 Assembly polls. Kejriwal's remarks came a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused him of building expensive toilets in his 'sheeshmahal', which "were costlier than the entire slums of Delhi". Addressing the press after visiting …

Amit Shah calls AAP 'disaster'; promises permanent housing for Delhi slum dwellers if BJP wins
3 days, 6 hours ago

Amit Shah calls AAP 'disaster'; promises permanent housing for Delhi slum dwellers if BJP wins

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi assurances, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said not a single scheme for the welfare of the poor will be stopped once their party forms the government in the national capital. Addressing the BJP’s slum dwellers’ conference in the city, Shah launched a scathing attack on the AAP, …

Delhi Slum Dwellers to Get House: Shah
3 days, 13 hours ago

Delhi Slum Dwellers to Get House: Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a bold political statement, Union home minister Amit Shah announced on Sunday that every slum dweller in Delhi will receive a pucca house, further pledging that no welfare schemes for the poor will be discontinued if the Bharatiya Janata Party forms the government. He launched a scathing attack on AAP, labelling it an "Aapda" for Delhi, and …

Slum rehabilitation project in Delhi’s Ashok Vihar: ‘We are finally homeowners’
1 week, 4 days ago

Slum rehabilitation project in Delhi’s Ashok Vihar: ‘We are finally homeowners’

Hindustan Times  

For around 1,400 families living in the slum clusters of northwest Delhi’s Jailorwala Bagh, Friday marked a transformative moment. They were handed the keys to new flats under the Swabhiman Apartments in-situ slum rehabilitation project in Ashok Vihar – ending decades of living in makeshift shelters with little hope of proper housing. This project is the second successful in-situ rehabilitation …

Will flats for slum-dwellers prove to be game-changer for BJP in key Delhi seats?
1 week, 5 days ago

Will flats for slum-dwellers prove to be game-changer for BJP in key Delhi seats?

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sounded the poll bugle for the BJP in Delhi as he handed over key of around 1,675 flats to slum-dwellers, which is being seen as a counter to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party's welfare schemes. While Arvind Kejriwal confidently talks of his work in Delhi, the three issues that he refrains from speaking about …

Delhi Elections: Virendra Sachdeva Plays Ludo with Slum Kids | ABP News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi Elections: Virendra Sachdeva Plays Ludo with Slum Kids | ABP News

ABP News  

The political buzz in Delhi is intensifying as the capital gears up for the upcoming Assembly elections. In a bid to strengthen their connect with the grassroots, senior BJP leaders have initiated outreach programs in Delhi’s slum areas. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva recently stayed overnight in a slum in Jhilmil, while BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj visited the Bindusara Camp …

BJP Leaders Stay in Slums to Connect with Residents, Virendra Sachdeva Spends Night in Jhilmil
4 weeks, 2 days ago

BJP Leaders Stay in Slums to Connect with Residents, Virendra Sachdeva Spends Night in Jhilmil

ABP News  

The political atmosphere in Delhi is heating up as the capital gears up for the upcoming Assembly elections. In a significant outreach initiative, senior BJP leaders have been visiting slum areas, signaling the importance the party attaches to this election. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva recently spent time in a slum in Jhilmil, while BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj visited the …

BJP believes in improving, not dismantling slums: Bidhuri
4 weeks, 2 days ago

BJP believes in improving, not dismantling slums: Bidhuri

The Hindu  

i The Delhi unit of BJP on Sunday said it believes “in improving, not dismantling,” the jhuggi clusters in the city and would create a separate government department for slums’ maintenance if voted to power in the upcoming Delhi Assembly poll. “Our upcoming government will create a separate department to ensure cleanliness in the Jhuggi settlements,” BJP South Delhi MP …

Delhi poll: BJP leaders spend night in slums; AAP chief says they’re doing ‘jhuggi tourism’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi poll: BJP leaders spend night in slums; AAP chief says they’re doing ‘jhuggi tourism’

The Hindu  

Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused the BJP of indulging in “jhuggi tourism” ahead of the Delhi Assembly election due in February next year. Addressing party workers, the former Delhi Chief Minister said, “On Tuesday evening, some BJP leaders are going to stay in slums, just like people take a day off to visit Goa for …

Aam Aadmi Party blames Delhi BJP for slum demolitions in the national capital
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Aam Aadmi Party blames Delhi BJP for slum demolitions in the national capital

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party continued to attack Delhi BJP MPs for not stepping in to prevent the demolition of slum colonies in their respective constituencies. Senior AAP leader Durgesh Pathak on Thursday alleged that the BJP MPs are making the poor homeless by getting their houses demolished through the departments under the Central government. Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor …

AAP, BJP spar over slum rehabilitation in Delhi
11 months ago

AAP, BJP spar over slum rehabilitation in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday alleged that the Centre and its agencies have carried out a series of demolition drives at slum, or JJ, clusters in Delhi over the last year, and that no rehabilitation has been carried out in these cases. Saurabh Bharadwaj The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back, accusing the AAP government in Delhi of not doing …

Delhi govt to facilitate RWA-like bodies for slums
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi govt to facilitate RWA-like bodies for slums

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Body, the Delhi government’s slum management agency, is planning to facilitate formation of residents bodies in the jhuggi jhopri clusters across the city to coordinate efforts aimed at addressing various civic problems such as cleaning of community toilet, cleaning of drains, sweeping of streets and management of community water points, DUSIB officials aware …

Delhi Civic Bodies Planning to Demolish Over 2,600 Unauthorised Colonies: Sisodia
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi Civic Bodies Planning to Demolish Over 2,600 Unauthorised Colonies: Sisodia

News 18  

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday alleged that the BJP, which is ruling the three civic bodies here, was planning to raze constructions in 1,750 unauthorised irregular and 860 slum colonies. Addressing a press conference here, Sisodia also said the BJP-ruled municipalities — south, north and east — had issued notices to nearly three lakh people in the …

Delhi BJP to Set Up 'NaMo Sewa Kendras' in Slum Clusters Ahead of Civic Polls
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi BJP to Set Up 'NaMo Sewa Kendras' in Slum Clusters Ahead of Civic Polls

News 18  

To ensure central government schemes reach the people, the Delhi BJP will open ‘NaMo Sewa Kendras’ in slum settlements of the city ahead of the civic polls later this year and is waiting for the current Covid wave to subside, party leaders said on Sunday. Hopefully, the cases of COVID will start declining in the coming week after which we …

Won't Let Slum Dwellers Be Displaced, Will Work with Centre to Provide Them Houses: Delhi CM
4 years, 4 months ago

Won't Let Slum Dwellers Be Displaced, Will Work with Centre to Provide Them Houses: Delhi CM

News 18  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he would not let dwellers of slums encroaching on railway land in Delhi be displaced and his government will work with the Centre to provide houses to them. The Supreme court had on August 31 ordered removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along the railway tracks in Delhi within three months. I assure …

Delhi slum eviction: Corona took away everything, now roof being taken away, say residents
4 years, 4 months ago

Delhi slum eviction: Corona took away everything, now roof being taken away, say residents

Live Mint  

The Covid-19 pandemic took away her family's livelihood and now 48-year-old Veeramma fears she will lose her roof in the wake of the Supreme Court ordering the removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along railway tracks in Delhi. The Supreme Court had on August 31 ordered the removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along railway tracks in Delhi within three months. The …

Railways Filed Affidavit in SC That Slums Along Delhi's Rail Tracks Hindering Centre's Clean Drive: AAP
4 years, 4 months ago

Railways Filed Affidavit in SC That Slums Along Delhi's Rail Tracks Hindering Centre's Clean Drive: AAP

News 18  

The AAP on Friday claimed that the railways filed an affidavit in Supreme Court that 48,000 jhuggis’ adjacent to rail tracks were hindering the cleanliness process by the Centre, following which the apex court ordered their demolition. Calling the affidavit “irrefutable evidence” that showed the real wish of the BJP-led Centre, AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha said it exposed the mentality …

Will Not Allow Any Slum Demolition in Delhi; if Needed Will Move SC Against it: AAP
4 years, 4 months ago

Will Not Allow Any Slum Demolition in Delhi; if Needed Will Move SC Against it: AAP

News 18  

The Centre is issuing notices across the national capital and threatening slum dwellers that their houses will be demolished within this month, the AAP alleged on Thursday and said it will move the Supreme Court against it. AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha, in a press briefing said "till Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is alive, no slum dweller in Delhi will …

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