Day off cancelled, Delhi employees forced to attend PM's rally: AAP shares video
Another video showed a sanitation worker describing how he was forced to attend despite personal family commitments. He claimed that workers were 'kept sitting under pressure' and warned against disobeying orders.Former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia called the move an insult to teachers. 'Sending teachers in Delhi to clap at Modi ji's rally under government orders is a gross insult to teachers by the BJP. Teachers are nation-builders, not a crowd for some rally,' he said. He contrasted the BJP's approach with the AAP government's record of sending teachers to Finland and Cambridge for training, alleging that the ruling party 'has reduced them to merely clapping.", ,pic.twitter.com/skV6nACs8w— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) August 17, 2025AAP state president Saurabh Bhardwaj, addressing a press conference, claimed that employees were pressured into attending. 'To fill the shortage of BJP workers, employees of MCD and other departments have been pressurised and sent to the rally venue,' he said.He further alleged that sanitation workers, malaria department staff, licenced branch employees, and MCD school teachers were transported to the venue in buses.BJP- .... pic.twitter.com/nlZHLpntBR— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) August 17, 2025Atishi, Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, also accused the BJP of misusing MCD staff. 'BJP has made Safai Karamcharis (sanitation workers) their political workers. The BJP should answer. On what basis were the Safai Karamcharis called in the name of duty on Sunday and sent to the rally? Is it the job of MCD to increase the crowd in Modi ji's rally?' she asked on X.- EndsMust Watch
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