Sanjay Gehlot, president of the Safai Karamcharis Union, on Monday, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the presence of party national convener Arvind Kejriwal.
Gehlot who had led a series of protests in the past few years for the rights of sanitation workers, said that the BJP is the real culprit behind the “worsening” condition of sanitation workers in Delhi.
Welcoming Gehlot to the party, Kejriwal said, “Sanjay Gehlot Ji has always been at the forefront in protests staged by sanitation workers to fight for the rights of sanitation workers,”
Kejriwal said “Gehlot stood against the AAP many times but later he realised that the sanitation workers were suffering because of the inadequate funding by the central government and not because of Delhi Government. It was then he decided to join AAP and work towards the welfare of the people.”
“Every party in the last five years has asked for votes from the sanitation workers in the name of their development, but AAP is the only party that will work for the rights of the sanitation workers,” he added.
Gehlot said he will participate in door-to-door campaign of the party to achieve party target ‘Ab Ki Baar, Sattar Paar’.
“The Chief Minister has assured us to regularise employment of the sanitation workers employed before the year 2017 and to work hard towards the integration of the municipal Corporations of Delhi,” he added.