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Swati Maliwal Slams Delhi LG Saxena After 223 DCW Employees Removed

News On Time Desk 02 May 2024

New Delhi: Former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal on Thursday slammed a termination order of 223 contractual employees of the DCW after VK Saxena gave his nod to a proposal on it.

The Women and Child Development (WCD) department of the Delhi government has directed the DCW to sack the contractual staffers who it said were hired without “following due procedure”.

In a Hindi post on X (formally Twitter), Swati Maliwal, now an AAP Rajya Sabha MP, said, “LG Saheb has issued a ‘Tughlaqi’ order to remove all the contract staff of DCW. Today, there are a total of 90 staffers in the Women’s Commission, out of which only 8 people have been given by the government, the rest are on a contract for 3 months each.”

“If all the contract staff are removed, the Women’s Commission will be locked. Why are these people doing this? This organisation is built with blood and sweat. Instead of giving it staff and protection, you are destroying it from the roots? As long as I am alive, I will not let the Women’s Commission be closed. Put me in jail, but don’t oppress women!” Swati Maliwal said.

According to officials, VK Saxena approved the department’s proposal regarding the termination of appointments, following which the department issued an order on it.