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. "The work will continue as the order has not reached us," said the BJP-controlled Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) firmly. Raja Iqbal Singh, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor, insisted that the demolition drive was not confined to the riot-accused in Jahangirpuri, where communal clashes broke out on Saturday during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.
