New Delhi: Leaders of Aam Aadmi Party had took part in a cleanliness drive in various part of National Capital with sanitation workers of Delhi had called off their strike over the payment of salaries.
Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia and AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Alka Lamba took part in the cleanliness drive on Saturday morning.
Sanjay Singh, “When Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan, we all became a part of it. I would like to appeal to all municipal corporation mayors to not make the people of Delhi suffer.”
Sanjay Singh said, “Rahul Gandhi, mayors and CM of Delhi should all go together to PM and talk about the MCD issue.”
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay also took to the streets with the broom, and said: “We have target of 48 hours to clean Delhi.”
However, residents of various colonies here dismissed the AAP leaders` attempt to clean the roads of Delhi as just a photo opportunity. The residents refused to buy AAP’s innocence in the entire matter, saying: “When everything has been cleaned, they are coming? Why? To do politics over the issue?”
AAP leader Aashish Khetan, amidst protest by residents, targetted the BJP, saying: “Who created this crisis? Who bankrupted the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)? Delhi will be cleaned when MCD is free of corruption.”
A news agency has, meanwhile, quoted Ashutosh as saying that it was to be pondered over why the MCD is considered to be so corrupt. A permanent solution needs to be found out for MCD workers, added Ashutosh.
AAP leader Dilip Pandey said, “We had released Rs 513 crore instead of Rs 493 crore to pay the salaries of North and East Municipal Corporation employees before the high court’s order came.”
The announcement to pay salary arrears to sanitation staff had been made by Kejriwal at a rally in Delhi on May 8.
Hours after the release of funds was announced, the Akhil Bhartiya Safai Mazdoor Sangh, to which sanitation workers are affiliated, said the strike was called off.
Sangh President Krisnapal Parcha said, “We got to know that the Delhi government has released Rs 513 crore towards our salaries. So, we have decided to call off the strike. Sanitation workers will be back on work from tomorrow (Saturday).”
“Delhi will be cleaned in just three days after we resume work,” he added.
Congress General Secretary however, called the initiative of BJP and Congress of cleanliness as a “Nautanki”.
Meanwhile, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will meet MCD workers at 4:30pm this evening.
Bureau Report
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