- Invites Dalit man, kin for meal at his Delhi home
- There are 36,000 contractual employees in Punjab who will be made permanent: AAP chief
- AAP is the only party moving on the path shown by Ambedkar. Babasaheb’s dream was not fulfilled in the last 75 years, but I have pledged to fulfil his dream
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEP 25
Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised to make contractual employees permanent and implement ‘equal work, equal pay’ if his party is voted to power in Gujarat.
માનનીય @ArvindKejriwal જીની ગુજરાતના કોન્ટ્રાક્ટ કર્મચારીઓ માટે ગેરંટી!
ગુજરાતમાં ઈમાનદાર સરકાર બનાવવા #એક_મોકો_કેજરીવાલને #AKSanvadWithGujarat pic.twitter.com/eXIDYZIIh7
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) September 25, 2022
Addressing a town hall with outsourced and contractual employees, Kejriwal also said his party will end the contract system if voted to power so that money comes directly into the bank account of the employees without middlemen taking away anything.
તમે કોંગ્રેસના કાર્યાલય પર જાવ તો ત્યાં તમને સોનિયા ગાંધીનો ફોટો મળશે, ભાજપના કાર્યાલય પર જાવ તો તમને નરેન્દ્ર મોદીનો ફોટો મળશે, પરંતુ તમે આમ આદમી પાર્ટીના કાર્યાલય પર જશો તો ત્યાં તમને બાબાસાહેબ આંબેડકરનો ફોટો જોવા મળશે. – @ArvindKejriwal #AKSanvadWithGujarat pic.twitter.com/XFPnCxsHOT
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) September 25, 2022
“I can see that every government is slowly ending government jobs. They say they (contract workers) do not work when they are made permanent. It is wrong to say that a government employee does not work if he is made permanent. He works if he is given respect and full salary,” Kejriwal said.
“If we form a government, all contractual employees will be made permanent. And we will do so properly so that the court does not grant a stay later on,” Kejriwal said.
With Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann by his side, Kejriwal said there are 36,000 contractual employees in Punjab who will be made permanent. He has made 8,500 teachers permanent.
It is taking time in order to ensure there is no court stay after they are made permanent, Kejriwal added.
“We will also implement ‘equal work, equal pay.’ There is not much cost in implementing it. Their (state government) intention is not right. We are the party of the poor and deprived and we understand your problem. We will give you respect and full salary,” he said.
He said an AAP government in the state will end the contractor system, adding that contractual employees, till they are regularised, will get salaries directly in bank accounts so that the contractor does not take away some portion as commission.
માનનીય @msisodia જીની આગેવાનીમાં "બસ, હવે તો પરિવર્તન જોઈએ" યાત્રાના દિવસ-6 ની રૂપરેખા! pic.twitter.com/cWIjKOeQiH
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) September 25, 2022
Government jobs will be given on merit without any system of recommendation, he added.
The Delhi CM said contractual employees will also benefit of free power up to 300 units as well as healthcare from a network of 20,000 mohalla clinics, while women will get Rs 1,000 per month.
આજરોજ દિયોદરના ગોઢા ગામે દેશના સર્વશ્રેષ્ઠ શિક્ષણમંત્રી શ્રી @msisodia જી, 'આપ' નેતા @isudan_gadhvi તથા પ્રદેશ ઉપાધ્યક્ષ @BHEMABHAI ની ઉપસ્થિતિમાં 'જન સભા' યોજાઈ. pic.twitter.com/eCvef3YhyT
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) September 25, 2022
Speaking on the occasion, Punjab CM Mann said his government had done what other dispensations had failed to do in 70 years, adding that contractual employees in the northern state were gradually getting regularised.
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) September 25, 2022
Arvind Kejriwal invites Dalit man, kin for meal at his Delhi home
Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday invited a Dalit man and his family from Gujarat to his residence in the national capital for a meal.
During a town hall with sanitation workers predominantly from the Dalit community here, a participant named Harsh Solanki said he saw Kejriwal recently accept a dinner invitation from an autorickshaw driver during his town hall in Ahmedabad, and sought to know if the latter would come to his home for a meal.
Kejriwal told Solanki he would visit his house for a meal during his next trip to Ahmedabad, and at the same time, extended an invitation to the latter and his kin to come to his Delhi home to break bread.
Solanki said he was glad to see Kejriwal coming to the Dalit community, something he claimed no other leader had done since Independence.
“Looking at you we feel hopeful that someone is standing for us. And sir, I would like to make a request. Will you come to visit the house of a Dalit like you went to the house of an autorickshaw driver during you visit here 15-20 days back,” he asked.
In reply, Kejriwal said, “I have seen that every leader visits the house of a Dalit for a meal to show off. Till today, no leader has invited a Dalit to his house for a meal. Will you come to my house to have food together,” he asked and Solanki promptly accepted.
On being asked about his kin by the Delhi CM, Solanki said he lives with his brother, sister and parents, after which the former said he would send plane tickets to Delhi for all five.
“You and your family will have food together on Monday in the house of the Delhi chief minister. Whenever I am in Ahmedabad next, I will visit your home,” Kejriwal said.
On the occasion, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said Solanki and his kin will be lodged in Punjab Bhavan during their visit to the national capital.
Kejriwal also accepted the invitation to name a library run by Dalit children near the venue of the townhall.
Addressing the gathering, Kejriwal said the office of a Congress leader has photographs of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, while the office of a BJP leader has a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“When you go to the office of an AAP leader, you will not see the photographs of Kejriwal or Mann, but of Babasaheb Ambedkar. AAP is the only party moving on the path shown by Ambedkar. Babasaheb’s dream was not fulfilled in the last 75 years, but I have pledged to fulfil his dream,” he said.
