New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Delhi Police on Monday used water cannons to disperse Congress leaders and workers protesting over the issue of demolition of slums in Delhi.

The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) President, Devendra Yadav, alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party has destroyed about 3,000 slums.

"Since the last five months, the BJP government has been ruling and has brought distress in the slums of Delhi. People are constantly being deserted. After destroying about 3,000 slums in the five months before this, they have demolished about 3,000 slums, due to which fifteen thousand people are left homeless," said the DPCC President.

Earlier on Saturday, the Delhi Chief Minsiter Rekha Gupta inspected nearly 50,000 long-abandoned De...