Jahangirpuri Violence: Delhi BJP Leaders Meet Amit Shah After Oppn Escalates Attack

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, party MLA Ramveer Singh and party leader Maninder Singh Sirsa were among those who met the Home Minister at his office, ANI reported.

BJP leaders outside MHA office (Image: ANI)

New Delhi: Hours after the Supreme Court halted a controversial demolition drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, top Delhi Bharatiya Party (BJP) leaders met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) headquarters in the national capital on Wednesday.

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, party MLA Ramveer Singh and party leader Maninder Singh Sirsa were among those who met the Home Minister at his office, ANI reported.

The meeting assumes significance as earlier in the day the saffron party rebutted the Opposition's allegation that Muslims were picked out during a demolition drive in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, saying this was a legal exercise which had nothing to do with religion.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the politics being played by opposition parties over the issue is saddening.

He accused the opposition parties of bringing a "religious angle" into a host of issues since 2014 to foment instability to attack the Centre.

“As far as the BJP government is concerned, our only mantra is sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas, sabka prayas. Every project and policy of the (Narendra) Modi government has been an inclusive exercise that has catered to every section of the society, without any kind of distinction along the lines of caste, creed and religion,” PTI quoted Patra as saying.

This comes as the Supreme Court stalled the anti-encroachment drive conducted by municipal authorities in violence-hit Jahangirpuri after taking note of a plea of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind that buildings belonging to Muslim riots accused are being razed.

Earlier on Saturday, Jahangirpuri witnessed violent clashes, including stone pelting, arson and firing between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.

At least eight police personnel and a local resident were among those injured in the clashes.