Rahul Gandhi backs safai karamcharis

New Delhi: Amid mounting public anger over heaps of garbage in the city not being cleared, Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Delhi Government for “failing to deliver” on their “tall promises” and accused them of passing the buck on each other.

 

Sitting on the ground surrounded by protesting sanitation workers in east Delhi, Rahul vowed to fight for their cause. Over 12,000 safai karamcharis have been on strike for the last 10 days protesting against non-payment of their salaries for over two months.

 

“You clean this city. You are kind of an Army. You are soldiers. Your this very army should be seen here. Speak assertively, speak collectively then see what happens.

“If you want me to come here, call me whenever you want. I will come and sit here. If you want to sit with you for two, five ten or twenty days,” 

 

the Congress Vice- President said amid loud cheers from the striking workers. Later, around over 15,000 agitating sanitation workers on Friday called off their strike, after Lt. Gov. Najeeb Jung announced the release of '493 crore for their salaries.