People’s CM reaches out to the differently-abled and vendors
20 Feb 2015 6:29 AM IST
In accordance to his poll promise to reach out to the people living on the margins of society, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met physically challenged and street vendors at his Janata Darbar programme and listened to their grievances here. The Janata Darbar, which started on February 18 at the AAP office in Kaushambi here, will go on till February 20.
“The Chief Minister wanted to meet the disabled first, so they were given preference, irrespective of their time of arrival,” said Ghaziabad City Magistrate Kapil Singh, who was supervising the event. Hundreds of people from across the national Capital had come to see the Chief Minister and seek his help for their grievances, which ranged from employment, accommodation and harassment by the police.
Complainants started trooping in as early as 8 am for the session that started at 10 am. Later, groups of 10 to 12 people were allowed to meet the Chief Minister in batches.
Visually impaired 45-year-old Prem Kumar, who met the Chief Minister said: “Kejriwal expressed his inability to give employment to me, but he assured me to do something for my accommodation requirements.”
At around 11.30 am, Kejriwal came out and appealed to the people still awaiting their turn, to submit their grievances to the officials. “I am leaving from here, as I have to attend a very important meeting. But all of you should not leave this place until your concerns are submitted to the officers, because you have voted for me to resolve your problems,” he told the people. But few people who could not personally see the Chief Minister were disappointed. “We came here to put our grievances before Kejriwal only, but it is very sad that he left us, without hearing our complaints,” said Manoj Kushwaha, who had issues regarding admission of his child in a nursery. Amit Chhabaria, a senior official from the Chief Minister’s Office, said: “We are collecting the complaint letters, which would be sent to respective authorities to take action accordingly.”
Over 100 roadside vendors also met the Chief Minister and informed him that the police extort money from them for carrying out business, AAP leaders said.
Kejriwal assured them that he will look into their grievances, following which the vendors said that they were happy after meeting the Chief Minister. Out of over a 1,000 visitors, only half of them could meet the Chief Minister on Wednesday and Thursday. Some people, who were asked to come on Friday, said they were happy even to wait for a day or two and were sure their problems would be solved on priority basis.
Some women, who were casual employees of the Delhi government, also queued up to meet the Chief Minister.
“The Chief Minister wanted to meet the disabled first, so they were given preference, irrespective of their time of arrival,” said Ghaziabad City Magistrate Kapil Singh, who was supervising the event. Hundreds of people from across the national Capital had come to see the Chief Minister and seek his help for their grievances, which ranged from employment, accommodation and harassment by the police.
Complainants started trooping in as early as 8 am for the session that started at 10 am. Later, groups of 10 to 12 people were allowed to meet the Chief Minister in batches.
Visually impaired 45-year-old Prem Kumar, who met the Chief Minister said: “Kejriwal expressed his inability to give employment to me, but he assured me to do something for my accommodation requirements.”
At around 11.30 am, Kejriwal came out and appealed to the people still awaiting their turn, to submit their grievances to the officials. “I am leaving from here, as I have to attend a very important meeting. But all of you should not leave this place until your concerns are submitted to the officers, because you have voted for me to resolve your problems,” he told the people. But few people who could not personally see the Chief Minister were disappointed. “We came here to put our grievances before Kejriwal only, but it is very sad that he left us, without hearing our complaints,” said Manoj Kushwaha, who had issues regarding admission of his child in a nursery. Amit Chhabaria, a senior official from the Chief Minister’s Office, said: “We are collecting the complaint letters, which would be sent to respective authorities to take action accordingly.”
Over 100 roadside vendors also met the Chief Minister and informed him that the police extort money from them for carrying out business, AAP leaders said.
Kejriwal assured them that he will look into their grievances, following which the vendors said that they were happy after meeting the Chief Minister. Out of over a 1,000 visitors, only half of them could meet the Chief Minister on Wednesday and Thursday. Some people, who were asked to come on Friday, said they were happy even to wait for a day or two and were sure their problems would be solved on priority basis.
Some women, who were casual employees of the Delhi government, also queued up to meet the Chief Minister.
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