Mayor slams own party men for supporting strike

  • | Wednesday | 19th September, 2018

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.

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. The MC move will take away jobs of more than 3000 poor people, who are engaged in this job for decades. Instead of taking away their jobs, the MC should provide them training on waste segregation, he said.Meanwhile, Moudgil said two BJP councillors Rajesh Kalia and Bharat Kumar were going against the party line and he had conveyed the same to party’s organizational secretary Dinesh Kumar.“The MC is only implementing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Swachh Bharat. 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. The political parties including Congress should not politicize the issue,” Moudgil added.The mayor also sought support of residents on this issue. He said they should support the MC for implementing the new system.

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