BKU warns to stop water supply to Delhi; RLD asks for memorial

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Press Trust of India Ghaziabad
Last Updated : Sep 17 2014 | 9:01 PM IST
Protesting the bungalow eviction order served to former Union minister Ajit Singh, Bhartiya Kisan Union today threatened to launch a stir and disrupt the water supply to Delhi from Gangnahar Muradnagar regulator here tomorrow, while RLD asked the house to turned into a memorial to his father.
BKU chief Rakesh Tikait, demanding restoration of water and electricity connection to the RLD chief's 12 Tughlaq Road bungalow in New Delhi, said in case the supply was not restored, BKU, Jat Arakshan Samiti and Choudhary Charan Singh Vichar Manch will stop the supply of supply of Ganga waters from the Gangnahar regulator.
Ghazaiabd Mahanagar President of RLD, Ramanand Goel said, the party will support the protest and will stop the water supply to Delhi even if the state government places police and paramilitary forces at Muradnagar.
District Magistrate Vimal Kumar Sharma, however, said, the administration has taken all the precautionary measures and the supply will not not be allowed to be disrupted at any cost.
On the issue of the Delhi bungalow, All-India General Secretary of RLD, Trilok Tyagi said, when the Centre could convert the bungalows of leaders like Kanshi Ram and Babu Jagjivan Ram into memorials, then why was the government hesitating in making the 12 Tughlaq Road as Choudhary Charan Singh Memorial.
Tyagi also claimed that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has written a letter to Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and asked the said bungalow to be converted into a memorial to Charan Singh, former prime minister and father of Ajit Singh.
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First Published: Sep 17 2014 | 9:01 PM IST

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