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  • Four Dead, 14 Injured In Karol Bagh Building Collapse, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj Blames Delhi’s AAP Govt |

    Demanding the Delhi government to take cognisance of old structures in bad state to avoid such incidents in the future, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj attacked AAP, saying that the carelessness of the Delhi government is causing such tragedies in the national capital. Bansuri Swaraj was in Karol Bhag when she addressed the media after meeting people at the hospital who were injured due to the collapse of a portion of an old building at Bapa Nagar in Karol Bagh on Wednesday. Four people have died and more than 14 were injured due to the building collapse incident, she said.

    “Delhi government needs to take cognisance of structures that are in a bad state,” Swaraj told the media. “So far, four people have lost their lives and more than 14 are injured. Some are undergoing treatment in the RML Hospital and some in Lady Hardinge Hospital… Till when will the people of Delhi keep facing such tragedies due to the carelessness of the Delhi government?…” she asked.

    She further said that the Delhi government is only blaming the authorities. According to Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Services, the DFS received information about the building collapse in Karol Bagh’s Bapa Nagar at 9.10 am. “As soon as they received the information, the officials from the Delhi Fire Services, with 5 fire tenders, rushed to the site.

    On Wednesday, Delhi Chief Minister designate and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to the bereaved families affected due to the incident. The Delhi Minister also met the injured persons and the families of the deceased at the RML Hospital evening and assured financial assistance, saying that legal action would be taken against the building owner.

    Meanwhile, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi should provide Rs 1 crore compensation to the people who lost their lives due to the building collapse in the Bapa Nagar in Karol Bagh. He also said that Rs 5 lakh should also be provided to the people who were injured in the incident.

  • Bansuri Swaraj: Daughter Of Sushma Swaraj Enters Electoral Fray – A Look At Her Journey So Far |

    New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday declared its first list of 195 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, with Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of late former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, getting the ticket from the New Delhi seat. Bansuri Swaraj will make her electoral debut in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. She had formally joined active politics in March 2023, when she was appointed as the co-convener of the BJP Delhi State Legal Cell. She said that she had been assisting the party in legal matters even before that.

    The BJP announced the list of candidates even before the election dates were announced, hoping to gain a huge first-mover advantage in its quest to win 370 seats in the Lok Sabha. The list features the party’s top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will seek re-election from Varanasi for the third time, and Home Minister Amit Shah, who will contest again from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

    Who Is Bansuri Swaraj?

    Bansuri Swaraj is a lawyer with expertise in legal procedures. She completed her undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Warwick and her law degree from BPP Law School in London. She also became a Barrister at Law and obtained her Master of Studies from the University of Oxford.

    In her professional career, Bansuri Swaraj has handled high-profile clients in complex litigation across various judicial platforms. She has resolved disputes related to contracts, real estate, tax, international commercial arbitrations, as well as several criminal trials.

    Bansuri Swaraj has also been designated as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Haryana while maintaining her private practice.

    Bansuri Swaraj grabbed the headlines last year when she slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023. During a press conference in the national capital, she described the AAP government as “jhagdalu (quarrelsome) and nikammi (useless),” accusing them of being ineffective since 2015. She praised President Droupadi Murmu for passing the Bill, expressing confidence that the administration in Delhi would now function in accordance with the law.

    Her mother, Sushma Swaraj, died at the age of 67 due to a cardiac arrest in 2019. She was the External Affairs Minister in the previous BJP-led government. She was also the first woman Chief Minister of Delhi for a short span in 1998.