Social distancing norms flouted at Cong MLA’s protest in Chhattisgarh

Congress MLA Vinay Jaiswal was staging a protest to demand the reinstatement of 32 workers of a company.

Norms of social distancing were allegedly flouted at a protest organised by Congress MLA Vinay Jaiswal in the district here.

In a video of the incident, Congress MLA VinayJaiswal could be seen surrounded by nearly a dozen protesters with some of them seen without masks. (ANI Photo)

Jaiswal was staging a protest to demand the reinstatement of 32 workers of a company.

Jaiswal said, “Based on a fictitious probe, the workers were sacked by South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. during previous BJP government in the state.”

In a video of the incident, Jaiswal could be seen surrounded by nearly a dozen protesters with some of them seen without masks. They raised slogans and held placards against the sacking of workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.