Intensifying its ongoing agitation against sealing of small shops and non-polluting household industries and street vendors, Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken on Friday announced “Mera Haq, Ethe Rakh” agitation to support street vendors in Delhi.
Maken said when he was the Union Urban Development Minister in the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre in 2014, “the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014” was passed to safeguard the interest of the street vendors all over India. He said the purpose of the act was to protect the livelihood, rights and social security of street vendors and regulate street vending and other activities incidental thereto.
Addressing mediapersons, Maken said though the ‘Street Vendors Act’ has been implemented across the country but the Delhi Government has not implemented it completely in the city. He also announced that senior leader and former MLA Mukesh Sharma, who is the convenor of Delhi Congress’ on-going Nyay Yudh agitation against illegal sealing in Delhi, will be the convenor of the “Mera Haq, Ethe Rakh” agitation.
He added the Delhi Congress will fight against the Delhi Government’s inaction in giving the rights of street vendors under the Street Vendors Act, on streets as well as in the court.
