Over 5,000 Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) employees have been on strike outside the Civic Centre for 11 days, demanding equal pay for equal work — a demand backed by senior AAP leader and MP Sanjay Singh, who, along with several party MLAs and councillors, met the protesting workers on Thursday. Coming down hard on the BJP, Sanjay Singh said the party has defied even the Supreme Court’s order on equal pay, exposing a government whose “four engines have completely broken down.”
Sanjay Singh declared that only sustained struggle and protest can fix a system crippled by BJP’s neglect, assuring workers that the AAP stands firmly with them until justice is delivered. AAP MLAs Kuldeep Kumar, Vishesh Ravi, and Aaley Mohammad Iqbal, along with MCD co-incharge Praveen Kumar, Preeti Dogra, and several councillors, joined the protest in solidarity.
Towards over 5,000 MTS employees
Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday tore into the BJP for its apathy towards over 5,000 MTS employees who have been on strike for the past 11 days outside the Civic Centre demanding equal pay for equal work. He said, “During the AAP government, Delhi’s LG would object to every single issue, but today, when MTS employees are sitting under the scorching sun for 11 days, the LG is missing in action. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has no time to meet the employees, while MCD Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh sits comfortably in his air-conditioned office. On Wednesday, Rekha Gupta refused to meet the employees. These workers risked their lives during COVID to serve Delhi and carried out sanitisation across the city. Today they are fighting for equal pay, and the BJP government must fulfill their legitimate demands.”
MTS status for these employees in the MCD
Sanjay Singh added, “It was the AAP that secured MTS status for these employees in the MCD. Even the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of equal pay for equal work. The AAP worked for them and continues to stand firmly by their side in this fight. We will call the guilty by their name. The BJP’s so-called four-engine government has completely broken down. The only way to fix it is through struggle, protest, and relentless fight.”
Condemning the BJP’s defiance of judicial authority, Sanjay Singh said, “Even the Supreme Court has recognised the principle of equal pay for equal work, but these people have no respect for the Supreme Court. Look at their audacity—when the Chief Justice of India’s mother declined an invitation to an RSS event, the BJP and RSS conspired to have a shoe thrown at the Chief Justice himself. These people have no respect for the Supreme Court, for Parliament, or for the opposition. That is why only the path of struggle and movement remains. The Aam Aadmi Party will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with these workers in their fight.”
