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Rajasthan minister joins sanitation workers’ protest, Congress, BJP workers clash
Rajasthan minister joins sanitation workers’ protest, Congress, BJP workers clash
Rajasthan Minister of State for Forest Sanjay Sharma staged a dharna outside the Alwar Municipal Corporation on Wednesday to demand appointment letters for sanitation workers selected in a 2012 recruitment drive. Congress…
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Rajasthan Minister of State for Forest Sanjay Sharma staged a dharna outside the Alwar Municipal Corporation on Wednesday to demand appointment letters for sanitation workers selected in a 2012 recruitment drive. Congress workers led by district president Prakash Gangawat joined the protest, sparking a clash with BJP supporters inside the municipal commissioner's chamber before police intervened.
The workers' union had agreed to 69 of 329 appointments, but municipal authorities allegedly backed out, ignoring a 2019 Rajasthan High Court order. After five hours, Additional District Magistrate Yogesh Dagur brought five appointment letters, which the minister handed over. He said the remaining letters would be distributed on August 16. Congress leaders, including former CM Ashok Gehlot, accused the BJP government of a corrupt and powerless bureaucracy.
The Indian Opinion
Both the BJP and Congress are quick to blame each other over the Alwar protest, but the ordinary citizen sees a bureaucracy that has ignored a High Court order since 2019 and a minister forced to sit on dharna to get his own administration to act. The real test is not the political rhetoric but whether the remaining 64 appointment letters are handed over on August 16 as promised. If they are not, the system has failed yet again.
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