‘Will fight for Khori Basti residents till my last breath’

Former Lok Sabha MP and Congress nationwide spokesperson Udit Raj together with a number of others, principally residents of Khori Basti in Faridabad, was detained by the Delhi police on Thursday for allegedly attempting to gherao the Prime Minister’s workplace searching for repeal of the Supreme Court order for demolition of the 170-acre colony on forest land.

The Khori Basti residents had earlier demonstrated at Jantar Mantar on June 29 and likewise marched in direction of the PMO’s workplace two days in the past.

Addressing the protesters, Dr. Raj stated his “arrest was the beginning of the war against the dictator Modi government”, including that this was a conflict between the wealthy and the poor. “I will fight the battle of Khori Basti till my last breath,” stated Dr. Raj, nationwide chairman, All India Confederation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes organisations.

Leaders but to reply

Confederation’s chief Sanjay Raj, who was additionally detained, stated that they had been searching for an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a number of days, however there was no response. “Neither Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal nor Mr. Modi have heard the complaints of thousands of innocent villagers. The residents of Khori Basti have been requesting the Prime Minister to cancel the order of the Supreme Court so that the lives of lakhs of people and their houses can be saved in these times of pandemic,” stated Mr. Raj.

Social activist Meenu Verma stated it was inhumane to render hundreds of kids homeless when the hazard of third wave of COVID-19 was looming giant. “If the houses of these people are illegal then why were votes taken from them by making false promises,” requested Ms. Verma.

Meanwhile, Faridabad district administration has supplied free-of-cost transportation service to the Khori Basti residents to take their belongings to safer locations forward of an enormous demolition drive anticipated to be kicked off within the subsequent few days.

The administration additionally allowed scrap sellers and people prepared to purchase the rubble for development objective contained in the colony to assist the residents get better some value from the demolished homes.

Sources stated that round a thousand homes had been already demolished, however the huge drive focusing on the remainder of round 4,000 homes may be kicked off in a few days.

The Supreme Court had on June 7 directed the municipal company of Faridabad to demolish the homes inside six weeks.