Most atrocities were committed against women during BJP rule, now women are again seeing hope in Congress — Arvinder Singh Lovely

NEW DELHI/ YOGRAJ SHARMA/ AAJ KI DELHI

NEW DELHI,—Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
president Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely said that the mega Save Democracy
(Loktantrat Bachao) Rally, to be held at the Ramlila ground on March 31, 2024,
will be addressed by the top leaders of the Congress and the India Alliance
parties, as the India Alliance partners will strongly oppose the BJP
Government’s determined attempt to misuse and undermine Constitutional agencies
like the ED (Enforcement Directorate), CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)
and Income Tax authorities to suppress and harass Opposition leaders, with the
Lok Sabha elections at the door step.

Addressing Congress workers and leaders at the DPCC office,
Rajiv Bhawan, here today, Shri Lovely said that the BJP Government was misuing
the Constitutional agencies and destroying the existence of constitutional
agencies.

Prominent among those present at the meeting were AIMC
president Alka Lamba, former DPCC President Ch. Anil Kumar, Ex Ministers Delhi
Govt. Shri Haroon Yusuf, Raj Kumar Chauhan, Mangat Ram Singhal, Kiran Walia, Ex
MLAs Dr. Bijender Singh, Bhisham Sharma, Mateen Ahmed, Surender Kumar, Hari
Shankar Gupta, Veer Singh Dhingan, Vijay Lochav, Sheesh Pal, Jitender Kumar
Kochar, Amit Malik, Chattar Singh, Mudit Agarwal, Ali Mehndi, DPMC President
Pushpa Singh, DPYC president Ranvijay Lochav, Delhi Sewa Dal Chief Organiser
Sunil Kumar, Jai Karan Chaudhary, Jagjivan Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Tarun Kumar,
Javed Mirza, Anuj Attrey, Sandeep Tanwar, Ishwar Bagri, Ajay Arora, Abdul
Wahid, Dr. R.B. Singh, Adv. Sunil Kumar, Hidyatullah, Deepak Vashisht, Naresh
Sharma Nitu, Rajat Makkar.

Shri Lovely said that it was shocking that the Central
Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had spent only 20 per cent of the Environment
Protection Charge and Environmental Compensation collected for the eradication
of air pollution in Delhi-NCR and protecting the environment, despite the CPCB
receiving compensation under the heads of Environment Protection Charge (EPC)
and Environmental Compensation (EC). He said that without addressing the basic
requirements of the people, the BJP had even failed to utilize crores of rupees
collected for pollution control, and the BJP should apologie to the people of
Delhi as it was responsible for the toxic air prevailing in the Capital for the
past 10 years to cause permanent damage to the health of the people.

Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely along with AIMC president Alka
Lamba and DPMC President Pushpa Singh also welcomed many prominent women
leaders from other political parties into the Congress fold by giving them the
Congress scarfs. Shri Lovely said most atrocities were committed against women
during BJP rule, now women are again seeing hope in Congress

Among the women who joined the Congress, a large number were
present including Lok Janshakti Party, State Secretary Bhagwati Bhavana from
Karol Bagh district, Hemlata from West Puri, General Secretary Meenakshi, Block
President Guddo Devi, Kesari Devi, Poonam Kumari and Rakhi Kumari.