Centre protecting officials in Rangpuri demolition: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today alleged that the Centre and Delhi administration were protecting officials, including the Chief Secretary, who were guilty of ordering illegal and targeted demolitions at Vasant Kunj's Rangpuri Pahari here.
"Delhi administration's silence of guilt cannot hide its illegal action and it will have to answer whether the demolitions were carried out despite an advisory from the union poverty alleviation ministry based on a Supreme Court directive that such drives should not be carried out during winters.
"Can the BJP's central government, which is also ruling Delhi through the back door allow such a Chief Secretary to continue who has shown utter disregard for the Supreme Court's directive?" AAP said in a release.

On November 25, the settlement, Israeli Camp in Rangpuri Pahari area of south Delhi near Vasant Kunj, was reduced to rubble in a demolition done by the state's forest department.
AAP also raised question over the appointment of Deepak Mohan Spolia as the Delhi Chief Secretary saying he was of "doubtful integrity" and CBI has recently recommended strict action and imposed major penalty for his involvement in the Rs 100 crore CNG fitness scam of 2002 during the Sheila Dikshit regime.
"The mysterious silence of the entire BJP top brass on the Rangpuri Pahari demolitions and turning of the blind eye by the Congress on the appointment of a Chief Secretary indicted by the CBI in a corruption scam which took place during its tenure, makes the connivance complete and beyond doubt.

"It is shocking that nearly a week after the inhuman and insensitive demolition was carried out under pressure of the local BJP MLA S P Rana, no answers have been provided by the Delhi administration on what was the reason for throwing out poor people of their homes in biting cold," it said.