<h1>Minister defends government demolition of alleged encroachments; opposition says hundreds unlawfully evicted, seeks legal remedies</h1> A state minister defended a municipal and state-led demolition of reportedly encroaching structures on government land, saying the exercise would not have proceeded if the buildings were lawful or supported by court orders. An opposition parliamentarian countered that hundreds of families with identity documents and records, and in some cases court stay orders, were unlawfully evicted, alleging politically motivated targeting and institutional capture. Legal issues include the statutory authority for demolition on government land, the sufficiency of administrative records versus property rights or possession claims, the status and effect of any court orders or stay notices, and potential remedies for aggrieved residents including judicial review and compensation.