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Protest to highlight plight of displaced

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NEW DELHI: Demanding that as per the Common Minimum Programme the right to housing be given legal status, a group of Delhi slum dwellers under the Campaign for Right to Life with Dignity will organise a protest demonstration from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar on February 20. The campaign is an initiative of the Delhi Shramik Sangathan and several other organisations, trade unions and individuals.

“The slum demolition drive has started again. Before the elections, the Government had announced the Rajeev Ratan Awas Yojna for the urban poor and gave an assurance that no slum will be demolished. But after the formation of the Government in Delhi, they have forgotten their promise as usual,” said Ramendra Kumar, convenor of the Campaign for Right to Life with Dignity. On January 10, the Viklang Camp near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was demolished And on February 5, the New Sanjay Camp at Phase-II Okhla was , he said.

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