Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now doing hooliganism to suppress the voices of the protesting doctors and nurses.
The AAP leader said that BJP-ruled MCD has suspended four CMO level senior-most doctors of the Hindu Rao Hospital because they were supporting the protest of the doctors and nurses for the pending salaries.
Pathak also said that BJP leaders are continuously threatening the protesting doctors and asking them to withdraw the protest. "The AAP opposes the transfer of these senior doctors and such hooliganism by the BJP. AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar who was also present at the press conference said that the BJP-ruled MCDs have become a den of corruption, therefore, they are unable to pay the salaries and now they are threatening the COVID warriors," he said.
Pathak said, "Doctors of the BJP ruled MCD hospitals are sitting on a hunger strike. "Unfortunately, the Covid warriors who have fought day and night to protect the lives of people are going through such a situation. The BJP ruled MCD has not paid the salary of this Covid warriors for the last 5-6 months. This inhuman activity has created havoc on their lives and they decided to sit on hunger strike," he said.
Pathak further said, "The BJP leaders are repeatedly threatening the resident doctors and the senior doctors of these hospitals. The BJP leaders are telling them to withdraw this protest or else the MCD will not anymore recognise these doctors. We believe that this is a very inhuman and unfortunate development."
"India is a democratic country and here every person has a right to protest. But today the BJP is trying to suppress the voices of the Covid warriors and this is completely unacceptable. The doctors have submitted in writing to the mayor that the BJP leaders are threatening them," he added.
Pathak said, "On behalf of the party I want to make it very clear that we oppose such inhuman behaviour. The MCD has completely destroyed the city by making it a garbage capital."