Rally against Sheila Dixit Govt.

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JAN. 2.

The Lok Janshakti Party national vice-president and spokesman, Mr. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, today announced that a massive rally would be organised here on January 7 to highlight ``the anti- people decisions and the failure of the Sheila Dixit Government on all fronts''.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Bidhuri said the rally would be addressed by the Union Communications Minister, Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan and other party MPs. Coming down heavily on the ``Nayaya Yudh'' launched by the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee(I), Mr. Bidhuri said it was the biggest drama of the century and termed it as a fraud movement. The real intention of the so-called Nayaya Yudh was to save the Delhi Government and the Chief Minister and not to fight for securing justice for the poor.

He said that it was well-known that the Delhi Government failed to relocate industries in time and it was closing the industrial units but still agitating against the Centre. ``Instead of holding a hunger strike in front of the Prime Minister's house, it would have been better if the Delhi Congress(I) protested in front of the Chief Minister's house. This would do a lot of good for the poor and help resolving the situation'', he added.

He said the Chief Minister was facing allegations of wrong doing by her own party colleagues. If she is sincere in tackling corruption, Ms. Dixit should refer all these matters to CBI for thorough investigation, he said. For this it was essential that the Chief Minister is removed to enable an impartial inquiry.

Mr. Bidhuri said the rally would pass several resolutions for the benefit of the lakhs of industrial workers and factory owners. A demand would be made to amend the Master Plan of Delhi and declare those non-conforming and residential areas as regular industrial estates where two-third of the land was covered by industrial units. Similarly, a demand would be made for seeking extension of time for their relocation, regularisation of unauthorised colonies which have come up prior to 1998 without any penal charges, JJ clusters should not be removed till alternative developed plots and adequate civic amenities were made available.

At the same time, he said it would also demand that thousands of families in JJ clusters, rural areas and unauthorised colonies should be given items from the PDS outlets at subsidised rates. In addition, consolidation work for the extension of Lal Dora in rural villages must immediately be undertaken and extended population of villages should be provided all civic amenities. He also demanded that compensation rates should also be doubled to Rs. 30 lakhs per acre, ownership right of the plots and agricultural land allotted to landless people in rural villages should be given to allottees.

Mr. Bidhuri demanded revocation of the Uniform Sales Tax citing difficulties faced by traders. Thousands of workers would take part in the rally which would declare war on the Delhi Government and work for the removal of Ms. Sheila Dixit.

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