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

Anil, a sanitation worker, died while cleaning a Delhi Jal Board sewer pit in west Delhi’s Dabri.

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”.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi speaks at a press conference in New Delhi on September 13, 2018. (Arvind Yadav/HT file photo)

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

“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, died while 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.