By PTI
NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation lodged a grievance with the police in opposition to AAP MLA Aamanatullah Khan and his supporters for obstructing the civic physique’s anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh on Monday, hours after state BJP chief Adesh Gupta requested the SDMC mayor to take action.
In a grievance to the SHO of Shaheen Bagh, SDMC’s Central Zone licensing inspector stated that an encroachment removing drive was fastened for Monday on the principle highway in Shaheen Bagh and its workers and police personnel have been current on the web site for finishing up the motion.
“Amanatullah Khan MLA (Okhla) along with his supporters present did not allow the field staff of the SDMC zone to remove the encroachment. In view of the above, you are requested to take appropriate legal action against Amanatullah Khan and his supporters for interfering in discharge of official duties by public servants,” in line with the grievance.
The motion got here after SDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan wrote to the municipal commissioner to lodge an FIR in opposition to AAP MLA Khan and different leaders for obstructing the anti-encroachment drive.
The civic physique has planed an encroachment removing motion in Shaheen Bagh however protests erupted as quickly because the authorities reached there with bulldozers. They needed to return from Shaheen Bagh with out executing the train.
In his letter to Municipal Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, Suryan stated that Delhi BJP chief Gupta apprised him that some political leaders obstructed the pre-planned anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh.
“It has come to my notice that local area MLA Amanatullah Khan and councillor Abdul Wazid Khan have obstructed the government action. Hence, It is requested to you to please take cognizance of the issue and take appropriate action in accordance with the law and register an FIR against persons related with the matter,” Suryan wrote.
Delhi BJP Chief Gupta additionally wrote a letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner and demanded that an FIR be registered in opposition to the AAP and Congress leaders who obstructed the SDMC’s anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh.
In his letter to the Police Commissioner, Gupta stated some leaders of the AAP, together with celebration MLA and councillor, and the Congress disrupted the drive by “lying in front of bulldozers”.
“So, it is requested to take action in accordance with the law and register a case against those responsible for obstructing the government (civic body) work,” Gupta stated within the letter.
Protests erupted at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh on Monday with a whole bunch of individuals, together with girls, opposing an anti-encroachment drive of the SDMC as bulldozers rolled into the realm within the presence of an enormous variety of police personnel, even because the civic physique group was compelled to return with out finishing up the train.
The protesters raised slogans in opposition to the BJP-ruled SDMC in addition to the Centre and demanded that the motion be stopped. Some of the ladies protesters even stood in entrance of the bulldozers to forestall the train.
