Cong’s Ajay Maken seeks meeting with SCappointed monitoring panel

NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken on Tuesday sought an appointment with the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee to present his stand on halting the sealing drive against illegal commercial establishments, asserting that he may approach the apex court if required.

Maken also asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to end their “fake fight” over the ongoing drive and suggested that they instead should work to seek relief from the court for the traders hit by the move.

“If the monitoring committee does not listen to me, I will move the Supreme Court to make my submissions,” Maken said.

The Congress leader suggested that the BJP-led Central government, through the attorney general, should immediately approach the apex court to get relief for the traders as the Congress-led UPA government did in 2006 to save the livelihoods of the people.

Maken demanded the AAP government to notify 315 roads and inform the apex court, instead of approaching courts for permission for their notification.

“The affected traders are approaching the Supreme Court and its monitoring committee for respite from sealing. All this while the AAP and the BJP, who should being doing this instead, are fighting each other,” he said during a visit to meet traders on Tank Road.

The Delhi Congress chief said he has directed party’s legal cell to provide free legal service to the traders on the issue.