The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday gave an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha over the Shakur Basti demolition issue and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sought an appointment with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
AAP MPs will also be protesting at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Parliament and they will be joined by the Trinamool Congress.
“Trinamool gives notice in Rajya Sabha to bring up Shakur Basti demolition in Parliament. Will also join Aam Aadmi Party outside Parliament at 10.30,” TMC leader Derek O’Brien tweeted.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government has ordered magisterial enquiries into the demolition and also the death of a six month-old child.
Separate probes will be conducted into demolition drive and the child’s death.
More than 500 slums were demolished in an anti-encroachment drive conducted by the Indian Railways in Shakur Basti on Saturday.
Slum residents created an uproar after a child was found dead. They alleged that then child had died in the anti-encroachment drive.
The Railways have, however, denied the allegations saying that the death of the child occurred in one of the slums around 10 am and had nothing to do with the removal of encroachments.
Image: People collect their belongings after a demolition drive carried out by railways in Shakur Basti of Delhi. Photograph: PTI
