Mayor slams own party men for supporting strike

Chandigarh | Wednesday | 19th September, 2018

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The political parties including Congress should not politicize the issue,” Moudgil added.The mayor also sought support of residents on this issue. The MC move will take away jobs of more than 3000 poor people, who are engaged in this job for decades. He said they should support the MC for implementing the new system. Moreover, the new system will not take away anybody’s job, rather it will provide provident fund, ESI and medical facility, besides salary to these people. CHANDIGARH: At a time when Congress has come out in support of agitating door-to-door garbage collectors, mayor Davesh Moudgil has slammed two BJP councillors for going against the party line and supporting the strike.Congress leaders, including former ministers Pawan Kumar Bansal, Manish Tewari and Chandigarh unit president Pardeep Chhabra, slammed the BJP-ruled MC for mishandling the entire situation.Chhabra said the entire Congress is supporting the agitating workers.The MC implemented the decision without consulting any stakeholders..