Khori demolition: AAP MP submits memo to PMO

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, June 22

Dr Sushil Gupta, AAP MP from Delhi, managed to submit a memorandum to the PM’s Office in New Delhi today on the issue of demolition at Khori village despite an attempt allegedly made by the police administration to stop him.

Gupta, who started his march from Sarai Khwaja here near the Delhi border this morning, was halted by the local police, claimed a spokesperson of AAP. He alleged that the Rajya Sabha member was detained by the Faridabad police for over three hours in the city before he was allowed to proceed and cross the Delhi border at around 12.30 pm.

It is claimed that the police threatened to book him if the march was not suspended.

The AAP spokesperson said Dr Gupta reached the PMO around 2 pm and submitted a memorandum to the Union Government regarding the demolition of Khori village. “Demanding immediate rehabilitation of all the affected people prior to any demolition, the memorandum has described the move as unjustified in wake of the fact that thousands of poor people had been residing here for two to three decades,” he said.

A spokesperson of the local police however claimed the Faridabad police did not detain or arrest the MP as charged by the party.