‘I will not contest Delhi polls if Centre assures housing for all slum dwellers’, says Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he will not contest the Assembly elections in Delhi if the Union government withdrew all cases related to slum demolitions in the national capital and rehabilitated those who had been displaced.

Kejriwal’s statement came a day Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that “throwing out” the Aam Aadmi Party was the only way to ensure the welfare of slum dwellers in Delhi, The Indian Express reported. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shah urged those living in slums to “liberate Delhi from this disaster [Aam Aam Party]”.

The Assembly elections in Delhi will take place in a single phase on February 5 and the counting of votes will take place on February 8.

Addressing reporters at the Railway Jhuggi Camp in the Shakur Basti constituency on Sunday, Kejriwal said that the BJP remembered those living in slums only at the time of elections.

“We saw recently how BJP leaders spend a night in different slums,” the former chief minister said. “Why didn’t you come here to sleep at night 10 years ago? All this slum tourism is nothing but drama to get votes. The BJP is a party of rich people. They think of slum people as insects.”

अमित शाह जी को मेरा चैलेंज। pic.twitter.com/w3GnkXWlc1

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 12, 2025

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