New Delhi, June 29 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai on Sunday said that the people of Delhi were hopeful that their lives would change once the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed a government in Delhi and stated it is "tragic" how people are being rendered "homeless".

"When the BJP government came to power, Delhi's people had a hope that something good would happen... It is tragic how people (from slums) are getting homeless... If the BJP thinks that people from various states will run away from Delhi, they are wrong..." Rai told ANI.

Earlier, on June 11, Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa defended the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) action against illegal encroachment, stating that those whose slums have been removed ha...