Indian Youth Congress activists were on Thursday detained by the police while staging a protest near Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri's residence against the anti-encroachment drivඣ𒐪e conducted by the North MCD in violence-hit Jahangirupri a day before, officials said.
The IYC activists were detained from the Akbar Road here w🍎hile they were trying to🍎 reach the Union Housing and Urban Affairs minister's residence, they said.
In an offici🗹al statement, IYC national president Sr😼inivas BV said the BJP is pushing the country towards hatred and violence.
"The ruling party is crea🌌ting an atmosphere of hatred in the country. BJP's conspiracy to trample on the truth, non-violence and justice will not succee🅷d," he said.
Around 25-30 activists were detained and taken to Mandir Marg police🐼 station, 𒈔said a senior police officer.
"The BJP is using bulld🦄ozers to crush the peace and harmony in the country.
"We will keep raising our voice over s꧒uch incidents, including in Jahangirpuri, where houses and shops of poor people were demolished illegally,” alleged IYC's national media in-charge Rahul Rao.
Bulldozer🐽s had razed several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque in Jahangirpuri as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday, days after the northwest Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by communal violence.
The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive aft𒁃er it took cognizance o𓂃f a petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against the demolition.
The area witnessed stone pelꦛting, firing and arson last Saturday with groups of two communities clashing during a Hanuman Jayanti p💞rocession.
