Trinamool protests in Parliament against demolition of Shakur Basti

Trinamool Congress today gave a notice in Rajya Sabha to bring up a discussion on the demolition drive at Shakur Basti in West Delhi. Party MPs also protested with members of Aam Aadmi Party near the Gandhi statue outside Parliament.

A demolition was carried out on Saturday at Shakur Basti in West Delhi by the Indian Railways in which 1200 slum units were removed which rendered “several homeless on a cold day” and a a six-month-old baby died.