New Delhi
Scores of civil defence volunteers protested in Central Delhi over termination of their services by the city government last year. They staged a protest at the Rajghat power station to demand their reinstatement.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had in October last year approved a proposal of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to terminate the services of all civil defence volunteers with effect from November 1, 2023. Paramjeet, a civil defence volunteer, said, We have gathered to protest against our termination. Since last year, we have been protesting but to no avail. We want that we should be reinstated, he said.
Slogans like ‘Taanashahi nahi chalegi’, ‘AAP sarkar hosh mein aao’, were raised outside the party office. There was a heavy deployment of paramilitary and police personnel outside the party office. We demand that we should be reinstated within three days. If it is not done, we will sit on a fast unto death outside the residence of every minister and every AAP MLA, said another protester.
