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Law and order hits a new low: Cong.

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI OCT. 11. Stating that the Congress would contest the forthcoming Delhi Assembly elections with the achievements of the Congress Government in the Capital during the past five years as its main poll plank, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president, Chaudhary Prem Singh, today expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the Capital. He demanded resignation of the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, for having failed to protect the life and property of Delhi's citizens who were gripped by a "fear psychosis".

Speaking at a dharna organised by the Poorvanchal Cell of the DPCC at Jantar Mantar here, Mr. Prem Singh said that the Assembly elections in Delhi would prove to be BJP's Waterloo and signal the downfall of the BJP-led Government at the Centre. Expressing concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Delhi, he said the citizens were not feeling safe to venture out on the roads. The manner in which hooligans and goonda elements were assaulting women in broad daylight was a very serious matter and had put a question mark over the safety of women in the city. Accusing Mr. Advani of neglecting Delhi, he said the Delhi police had completely failed to discharge its duty properly and despite increasing crime graph in the Capital, no action was being taken against those who are in charge of maintaining law and order in the Capital. He demanded that Mr. Advani should resign from his post owning moral responsibility for the poor situation on the law and order front.

He said it was shameful that incidents of rape and murder of women including the senior citizens had gone up dramatically and the anti-social elements were having a field day as the police machinery had completely broken down. "It is unfortunate that no action have been taken against the officials who had failed to discharge their duty effectively and it seems that the system of accountability had completely collapsed. In view of these serious developments, Mr. Advani should resign from office to uphold morality in public life," he said, adding that the achievements of the Delhi Government over the past five years had unnerved the BJP which was why it was indulging in false and motivated propaganda.

The chairman of the Media Committee and chief spokesman, Jagdish Tytler, said it was due to the constant efforts of the Sheila Dikshit Government that Delhi had been put on the path of development and progress. He said it was a known fact that ruling Congress Government had during the past five years functioned in a transparent and open manner which had earned it all round applause. He said all this had happened despite the hurdles put in the path of smooth functioning of the State Government by the BJP-led Government at the Centre.

Lashing out at the Delhi BJP president, Madan Lal Khurana, for indulging in dramatics, Mr. Tytler said instead of speaking against the Delhi Government, Mr. Khurana should hold a dharna in front Mr. Advani's office to protest against the failure of the police to protect the life and property of the citizens. Prominent among others who took part in the dharna included the former MPs, Sajjan Kumar and J.P. Aggarwal, Poorvanchal Cell chief, S.K. Puri, Poorvanchal MLA, Mahabal Mishra, Narendra Nath, Yoganand Shastri, Rama Kant Goswami, DPCC treasurer, Dinesh Gupta, and general secretaries, Rajinder Gupta and Rakesh Rajoura.

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Law and order hits a new low: Cong.