AAP protests outside South Delhi DC office, seeks officer’s resignation over Saket building collapse

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party workers on Monday staged a protest outside the South Delhi Deputy Commissioner’s office in Green Park demanding the resignation of senior officers over the Saket building collapse, which claimed six lives.

Scores of party workers carrying placards and raising slogans, gathered outside the office of South Zone Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar demanding his resignation.

“We are here to raise the concerns of people. Illegal construction going on across the city under the BJP government. Whose responsibility was it to stop the illegal construction ongoing at the building that collapsed?,” asked Ashu Thakur, AAP’s MCD councillor from Chittaranjan Park area in south Delhi.

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Thakur alleged that despite complaints regarding the building’s purported unauthorised construction, no action was taken by the authorities.

Delhi AAP President Saurabh Bharadwaj said councilors from MCD’s South Zone had surrounded the deputy commissioner’s office to demand accountability.
“All AAP councilors from MCD South Zone surrounded the DC office, demanding action against IAS Rakesh Kumar. Repeated complaints about the illegal building were sent to the DC, but no action was taken,” Bharadwaj said in a post on X.

Six people were killed and eight others injured after a multi-storey commercial building housing a coaching centre, cafes and offices collapsed near Saket Metro Station in south Delhi on Saturday evening.

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Authorities have ordered inquiries into the incident and initiated legal proceedings.