Delhi Elections: 'Will Evict Protesters From Shaheen Bagh In An Hour If BJP Comes To Power,’ Says MP Parvesh Verma

Verma, an MP from West Delhi while seeking votes for his party at a community centre in Ranhoula village, said 'if the BJP comes to power on February 11, we will clear Shaheen Bagh of all the protesters within one hour'.

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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Parvesh Verma, on Monday, said that Shaheen Bagh will be vacated within an hour’s time, if the party comes to power in Delhi. Shaheen Bagh has been projected as a raging issue for the forthcoming Delhi assembly polls by the BJP. Verma, an MP from West Delhi while seeking votes for his party at a community centre in Ranhoula village, said 'if the BJP comes to power on February 11, we will clear Shaheen Bagh of all the protesters within one hour'. Verma had also said while talking to news agency ANI that only Modi government can save people from the protesters in Shaheen Bagh. “The fire that broke-out in Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Hyderabad may soon knock on Delhi people’s house. Lakhs of people gather there (Shaheen Bagh). People of Delhi will have to think and take a decision. They'll enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters, kill them. There's time today, Modi ji and Amit Shah won't come to save you tomorrow...,” he said. Also Watch: BJP MP Parvesh Verma's Controversial Statement On Shaheen Bagh  Verma’s statement comes after Union minister Anurag Thakur raised controversial ‘goli maaro’ slogan at a rally in New Delhi’s Rithala constituency. Thakur instigated the crowd to raise abusive slogan which meant ‘shoot the traitors’ on Monday, over which the Election Commission has sent a notice to him. The Shaheen Bagh protests had erupted against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register. Mainly led by women, and including blockade of road the protests have been underway since over a month now.