CM gives 5 months' salary to Hardayal library staff

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday met employees of Hardayal Municipal Heritage Library at his camp office and handed over pending salary checks for five months, even as he slammed the 15-year rule of the Delhi civic body by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the crisis. The chief minister assured the staff of a long-term solution to the salary crisis in the heritage library.

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Addressing the library workers, Kejriwal attacked the BJP and alleged that the party has tried "to snatch power from the new Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) administration by not allowing the formation of a standing committee". "A provision has been made for your salaries for the remaining period and it will be released soon. Ours is a government of common people and we understand their pain and suffering... Earlier there was a dishonest government that ruined the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over the last 15 years. You must have noticed the difference in MCD's functioning in the last year even though they have snatched our various powers... They are not allowing a s