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Sanitation worker’s death shows PM’s Swachh Bharat a hollow slogan: Rahul Gandhi

Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the “tragic death” of a sanitation worker in west Delhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said “PM’s Swachh Bharat is a hollow slogan, when he is blind to the plight of thousands of manual scavengers”.

“Anil’s tragic death in the sewers of Delhi and photographs of his grieving son have made headlines worldwide,” said Gandhi on Twitter.

Anil’s tragic death in the sewers of Delhi & photographs of his grieving son have made headlines worldwide. Our PM’s “Swacch Bharat” is a hollow slogan, when he’s blind to the plight of thousands of manual scavengers forced to excavate toilets & sewer lines in inhuman conditions. https://t.co/wwaaNKzGc2

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi)

September 19, 2018

“Our PM’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ is a hollow slogan, when he’s blind to the plight of thousands of manual scavengers forced to excavate toilets and sewer lines in inhuman conditions,” he said.

Anil, 28, diedwhile cleaning a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewer pit in west Delhi’s Dabri on Friday evening.

The incident took place less than a week after the death of five workers inside a sewage pipe of DLF Capital Greens in Moti Nagar.

First Published: Sep 19, 2018 21:27 IST

Source: HindustanTimes