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New Delhi: Delivering on its poll promise, the AAP government today put a restriction on termination of services of any contractual employee till a thorough review of the issue was completed, a move which will benefit around one lakh employees.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Around one lakh employees, including doctors, nurses, teachers, sanitation staff are working under contractual scheme in various Delhi government departments and agencies.

“Services of any contractual employee should not be terminated or stopped till further orders,” said the brief government order issued to various departments.

Sources said contractual employees whose contractual term was nearing completion would also benefit as they will be allowed to continue in service.

Delhi government was in the process of carrying out a thorough review of the issue of contractual employees to finalise a policy framework, the sources said.

Various government departments including Education, PWD, Health and Family Welfare and Women and Child Development had recruited employees under contractual scheme in the last few years.

In the its election manifesto, AAP had promised to regularise services of contractual employees in various Delhi government departments and agencies.

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New Delhi: A day after a group of people demonstrated in front of the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Kaushambi house over demolition of some slums in Shahdara area, the Delhi government on Monday passed an order prohibiting demolition of houses in residential or slum areas.

On the first day working of the Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Delhi, the decision was taken to prohibit the demolition of jhuggis.

Taking to Twitter, the AAP wrote that nobody should be deprived of shelter until proper arrangements are done.

Meanwhile, as per the ANI, the Delhi Government has scheduled State Assembly session on February 23 and 24, 2015.

Eight jhuggis were on Saturday demolished at Chhota Nagar near Ghuggi Pahalwan area in Shahdara exactly at the time when Kejriwal was taking oath at Ramlila Maidan as the new chief minister of Delhi.

“Just see the brutality of the officers. They not only smashed up our household things and abused us, but also women constables manhandled us and did not even spare our small children,” alleged Vijaywati (30) who was protesting along with 40 others in front of the CM’s residence this morning.

Local police, however, said that these people were trying to build jhuggis on government land and the police personnel just stopped them from doing so when informed.

“In fact, police never demolishes any construction on its own. It is the job of land owning agency. Our role is limited to providing security during any such drive to maintain law and order,” said a senior police official.

Several dwellers were allegedly left injured during the incident.

The protesters also hit out at local AAP MLA Ram Nivas Goyal.

“A day before the drive, a few policemen came to meet Goyal. We were sure that he would pitch in our favour. But next day, our jhuggis were demolished,” said an anguished person.

According to sources, the chief minister was also informed about the incident by party volunteers who took up the matter with the local MLA and asked him to look into it. The protest was then called off.

Goel said, “These jhuggis came up just a day before the polls. The local people complained to me as well as the police about the issue on February 13. The police went there including the ACP and SHO and I intervened to stop the demolition.”

In his pre-poll rallies, Kejriwal promised not to erase even a single jhuggi across the city, and to provide them with in-situ rehabilitation in five years.

Bulandshahr (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said BJP’s crushing defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections was due to campaigns such as ‘Love Jihad’ and ‘Ghar Wapsi’.

“Campaigns such as Love Jihad and Ghar Wapsi are the reasons responsible for the electoral rout of BJP in Delhi Assembly elections,” he said while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at Sikandrabad.

The Samajwadi Party leader also said that the Delhi poll results have brought Congress and his party closer.

AAP today scored a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls by winning 67 of 70 seats leaving BJP with only three and completely decimating Congress which drew a blank.

He was in the district to lay the foundation stone of a Rs 15 crore Integrated Rural Agro Hub meant for reducing post harvest losses to vegetables.

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