The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh led a delegation of Congress leaders which met the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at his residence on Tuesday and discussed the issues of Anganwadi workers, e- rickshaws and anti Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in the state.
In the meeting, the PCC president requested the CM to interfere in the strike called by the e- rickshaw owners. He said that the administration has banned e–rickshaws from operating on all major roads of the city from last six months due to which these operators are on verge of starvation.
Pritam said that many have taken loans from banks to purchase e- rickshaws and now these banks are sending them notices of recovery. One such frustrated e -rickshaw owner set his vehicle on fire. He told CM that the e -rickshaw owners can take suicidal steps.
On the agitation of Anganwadi workers, Pritam Singh told the CM that their genuine demands should be accepted and efforts should be made to end their long agitation. The PCC president also demanded that the State Government should talk to the workers of ‘Save the constitution’ forum who are camping at the protest site near parade ground. He said that CM should assure the members of minority community that there interests would remain protected in the state. The delegation also discussed the problems faced by the villagers due to the Sheeshambada trenching ground.
The CM was also informed about the waste dumping zone on ISBT road and health hazard posed by it. Taking up the issue of the imposition of commercial and house tax on the newly added areas of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC), Pritam Singh said that imposition of tax should be judicious.
He reminded that the government had assured that no commercial tax would be imposed in the newly added wards but even then tax is imposed which should be taken back.
The CM assured the delegation that he would look into its demands. The delegation included Vice president of state Congress, Surya Kant Dhasmana, former MLA Rajkumar, Mahanagar president Lalchand Sharma, Godavari Thapli and Prabhulal Bahuguna.