AAP MLAs visit markets, back bandh against sealing drive

Several AAP MLAs and municipal councillors today visited markets across Delhi and offered support to the shutdown called by traders over the sealing drive in the national capital.
The party demanded immediate de-sealing of shops in Delhi.
"There is widespread resentment in the traders against the MCD and DDA for delaying the relief to the traders," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) party said in a statement.
The AAP claimed that traders were "cautious" about the actions of the MCD and the central government as the sealing has not been stopped.
"The bandh continued inspite of pressure from the BJP to call off the strike after the DDA meeting," the statement said.

The traders believe that the DDA meeting had no visible impact on the ongoing sealing drive, it said.

The DDA yesterday proposed bringing uniform floor area ratio (FAR) for shop-cum-residence plots and complexes at par with residential plots, a move that could provide relief to the traders facing the threat of sealing.
The sealing drive was started by the north and south municipal corporations on the directive of a Supreme Court appointed monitoring committee to seal commercial units flouting Delhi Mast Plan 2021 norms.
Several traders' bodies have been on strike against the drive.