Bela Estate: Farmland and homes gone, 728 Delhi pavement dwellers now fight to retain voting rights

“First they destroyed our farmland. Then they demolished our homes. Now they are trying to take away our voting rights,” said 74-year-old Sheela Devi, as she stood in front of her jhuggi underneath a bridge near Delhi’s Raj Ghat. The ‘they’ she referred to comprises the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the state Election Commission. […]