My Take ...
In
the last 15 years since Sheila Dikshit took over, Delhi has undergone a
metamorphosis. The influx from Bangladesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar
Pradesh has changed the dynamics of India’s capital pushing the
original inhabitants of urban and rural Delhi to the margins. Delhi no
more belongs only to Punjabis, Jats and Gujjars.
The moment you step into Delhi it looks like a megapolis
of flyovers, high rises and chaotic traffic. It is emerging as another
Mumbai where small-time mafia play footsie with the political elite to
grab a pie in illegal constructions, land grabbing, drug supplies and
crime syndicates. The building mafia is ruling the roost in all the 70
assembly constituencies of Delhi.
Dikshit has groomed East Delhi obviously for her prince
charming Sandeep Dikshit and has been forced to splurge on South Delhi
due to the overwhelming presence of the ruling class there. She has
turned a blind eye to North, Central and West Delhi, forcing a large
electorate to live in inhuman conditions. There is simmering tension in
these regions denied development.
Delhi is being kicked around like an orphan, with neither
the central nor state government prepared to take responsibility for
the mess they have created in the last 60 years. There has been no
systematic development plan to decongest the city or provide for the
teeming millions who have made it their home in the last few decades.
The mushrooming of jhuggi clusters is a sad reflection on the state of
affairs.
The Centre has created a mirage in the name of Delhi
Assembly by not conceding to it administrative control over land and
police. It has consistently ignored Delhi’ites’ clamour for full
statehood causing further disillusionment with the ruling clique...Read More
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