No AAP minister or MLA was on spot during Wednesday's demolition drive. Party followed similar strategy of keeping distance during Shaheen Bagh protest.
Demolition went on for a while after SC ordered status quo. Move came day after Delhi BJP chief wrote to mayor urging bulldozing of ‘encroachments’ by ‘rioters’.
Modi govt has opted for an informal approach to abandoning the Constitution — trespassing its boundaries and making sure there is no one to enforce it.
The North Delhi civic body said Jahangirpuri has a scrap market and most pavements and roads, especially around the market area, have been illegally occupied by shops.
Advocate Dushyant Dave, who is representing Jahangirpuri residents, said the demolition exercise was being conducted without any show cause notice issued to the residents of the area.
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