Jahangirpuri Bulldozers

This bulldozer can never be stopped with a response from equally fundamentalist politics. It can and must be stopped by those who believe in unity, secularism and defending the rights of the poor.

A day after the contentious demolition drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, leaders of the Communist Party of India and Samajwadi Party on Friday made a beeline for the area to meet the local residents, but were stopped by police.

Hitting out at British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for inaugurating a JCB factory in Gujarat a day after municipal corporation in Delhi razed homes in Jahangirpuri using bulldozers, Amnesty India called his "silence" on the incident was deafening.

"Do you need bulldozers to clear stalls, chairs, tables, and boxes," asked the Supreme Court during the hearing on Thursday concerning the anti-encroachment drive in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital.

The Supreme Court intervened to stop the demolition drive in Jahangirpuri and ordered that status quo should be maintained.

The Supreme Court today said demolitions will be on hold in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where bulldozers rolled in four days after communal violence on Saturday. The court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order.

A day after bulldozers were sent to Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where communal violence had erupted on Saturday, the Supreme Court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order pausing them.

The bulldozers that ran in Delhi's Jahangirpuri for nearly two hours today despite a Supreme Court order to stop, razed the juice stall of Ganesh Gupta.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday indicated that the State government is contemplating strong action against those involved in rioting similar to the situation in Delhi.

North Delhi's civic body today demolished several structures in what they called a routine "anti-encroachment drive" in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri. The Supreme Court, responding to an appeal, halted the demolition and ordered an urgent hearing.

Shortly after the Supreme Court ordered demolitions paused at Delhi's Jahangirpuri, bulldozers kept advancing, tearing down kiosks and shops and even structures outside a mosque.

At 10 am this morning, bulldozers rolled into Delhi's Jahangirpuri, in the area where communal clashes broke out on Saturday during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.

The anti-encroachment exercise was ordered after Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta wrote to the mayor, asking him to identify illegal constructions by "rioters" and demolish them.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today attacked the government over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off "bulldozers of hate" and switch on power plants.

An anti-encroachment drive in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, tense after last week's communal clashes, was stopped following a Supreme Court order on Wednesday but not before a bulldozer razed structures near the mosque at the centre of Saturday's clash.

This bulldozer can never be stopped with a response from equally fundamentalist politics. It can and must be stopped by those who believe in unity, secularism and defending the rights of the poor.

A day after the contentious demolition drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, leaders of the Communist Party of India and Samajwadi Party on Friday made a beeline for the area to meet the local residents, but were stopped by police.

Hitting out at British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for inaugurating a JCB factory in Gujarat a day after municipal corporation in Delhi razed homes in Jahangirpuri using bulldozers, Amnesty India called his "silence" on the incident was deafening.

"Do you need bulldozers to clear stalls, chairs, tables, and boxes," asked the Supreme Court during the hearing on Thursday concerning the anti-encroachment drive in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital.

The Supreme Court intervened to stop the demolition drive in Jahangirpuri and ordered that status quo should be maintained.

The Supreme Court today said demolitions will be on hold in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where bulldozers rolled in four days after communal violence on Saturday. The court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order.

A day after bulldozers were sent to Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where communal violence had erupted on Saturday, the Supreme Court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order pausing them.

The bulldozers that ran in Delhi's Jahangirpuri for nearly two hours today despite a Supreme Court order to stop, razed the juice stall of Ganesh Gupta.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday indicated that the State government is contemplating strong action against those involved in rioting similar to the situation in Delhi.

North Delhi's civic body today demolished several structures in what they called a routine "anti-encroachment drive" in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri. The Supreme Court, responding to an appeal, halted the demolition and ordered an urgent hearing.

Shortly after the Supreme Court ordered demolitions paused at Delhi's Jahangirpuri, bulldozers kept advancing, tearing down kiosks and shops and even structures outside a mosque.

At 10 am this morning, bulldozers rolled into Delhi's Jahangirpuri, in the area where communal clashes broke out on Saturday during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.

The anti-encroachment exercise was ordered after Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta wrote to the mayor, asking him to identify illegal constructions by "rioters" and demolish them.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today attacked the government over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off "bulldozers of hate" and switch on power plants.

An anti-encroachment drive in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, tense after last week's communal clashes, was stopped following a Supreme Court order on Wednesday but not before a bulldozer razed structures near the mosque at the centre of Saturday's clash.