File photograph of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi hit out on the authorities on the Delhi government-run G B Pant hospital and stated language discrimination ought to finish.
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- Last Updated:June 06, 2021, 18:34 IST
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The Congress on Sunday demanded strict motion towards the authorities of a Delhi Hospital for issuing a round that requested nursing workers to not converse in Malayalam at work, and termed it unconstitutional and denial of basic rights. Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi hit out on the authorities on the Delhi government-run G B Pant hospital and stated language discrimination ought to finish.
The hospital has revoked the controversial order. “Malayalam is as Indian as any other Indian language. Stop language discrimination,” Rahul Gandhi stated.
Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally shared considerations and posted the order of the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research that requested the nursing workers to make use of solely Hindi and English for communication, and stated severe motion shall be taken if that’s not adopted. “This order violates the basic values of our country,” she stated in a tweet in Malayali and termed it as “racist, discriminatory and completely wrong.” She stated the order is an insult to nurses and well being employees from Kerala who made us safe by risking their very own lives throughout Covid occasions. “We owe them debt of gratitude and respect,” she stated, including that the order ought to be withdrawn instantly and an apology ought to be issued.
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated the order is “totally bizarre”. “This is unconstitutional, really…,” he stated. Congress common secretary Ok C Venugopal urged Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to take motion towards the hospital authorities. In a letter to the Health minister, he stated it’s unbelievable that such an order has been issued by an establishment denying primary basic rights to frontline well being employees working there.
“I would urge you to look into this matter and take immediate measures to withdraw the atrocious and discriminatory circular. I would also urge you to take immediate disciplinary action against the persons who issued such a circular based on linguistic discrimination,” Venugopal stated in his letter to the well being minister. He stated nurses from Kerala are serving internationally in Covid occasions and serving to save folks’s lives, and their contribution can’t be ignored.
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