The Aam Aadmi Party took out a ‘Parliament March’ on Monday, 29 January, against the sealing drive by the MCD. It is during the march that the Delhi Police lathi-charged and detained the leaders of the party.
As per Aam Aadmi Party leader, Saurabh Bharadwaj the MLAs and MCD councillors were protesting peacefully and the lathi-charge was unprovoked. He also added that policemen had beaten up the female volunteers of the party.
The Delhi Police is under the jurisdiction of Lt Governor Anil Baijal and the Lt Governor and the party have not been on good terms, reports IANS.
The Vice President of AAP Delhi, Sanjeev Jha, expressed his anger on Twitter and attributed the incident to government’s attitude towards people. He also lashed out at the Delhi Police for beating up women.
Senior AAP leaders Ashutosh, Dilip Pandey along with other leaders and MLAs have been detained at the Sansad Marg police station.
Delhi Police personnel misbehaved with AAP leaders Richa Pandey and Ashutosh, who were leading a peaceful protest against BJP-sponsored sealing in different Delhi markets.Nagendra Sharma, Media Advisor to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
The sealing drive is being carried out by a Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee against business establishments using residential properties for commercial purposes, and it is being implemented by the three BJP-led municipal corporations.
Saurabh Bharadwaj told the media that the BJP was responsible for the sealing drive going on in the city for the past two months. He also added that the Central government will have to change Master Plan 2021 for Delhi to stop the sealing drive, reports IANS.
“This is not sealing, this is killing” and “BJP came, brought back sealing” read some of the placards held by party workers during the march, reports IANS.
With inputs from IANS.
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