Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 23: Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday expressed concern over the protest of laborers working as horse runners and Pithuwalas at the shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, terming relation between devotees and laborers as sign of humanity.
Over the protest of these laborers, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia has expressed concern through a tweet asking concerned authority to shun any move to interfere in normal working of these laborers who are backbone of this pious pilgrimage of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi.
Sisodia, in his tweet, stated that, “Relation between large number of devotees paying obeisance at shrine and these laborers is unique and sign of humanity with these laborers facilitate visit of devotees from across the world.”
“Any move of their privatisation or interference in their working is out of context and any such move should be dropped immediately,” he added in his tweet.
Sisodia further bats for an investigation into the background of a private firm reportedly being roped in this move. “The Union Govt should investigate this to probe which leader is directly or indirectly linked with this firm,” Sisodia said.
Pertinent to mention here that Pithuwalas and horse runners staged a protest at Katra on Tuesday against the move of their numbering terming it as an interference in their normal working accusing the shrine board of not making any effort for their welfare.
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