Youth Cong members, councillors protest against BJP-led NDMC

New Delhi: Members of Delhi Youth Congress and party's councillors protested against the BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation here over several issues, including the alleged non-payment of pensions to widows and senior citizens.Several hundred Youth Congress members assembled at the gate of the Civic Centre, headquarters of the NDMC, and raised slogans against the civic body.[caption id="attachment_2158903" align="alignleft" width="380"] A Cong-led land bill protest. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost[/caption]Later in the afternoon, Congress councillors led by Leader of Opposition in House Mukesh Goel also protested inside the municipal body's House in solidarity with party's youth outfit members outside the building."We also protested against the BJP-led NDMC for not paying pensions to widows, senior citizens, among others for many months. Some of the safai karmacharis have also not been paid salaries for past few months," Goel alleged.The Congress councillors initially raised slogans against the corporation and later "trooped the Well" of the House "disrupting its proceedings"."We lodged our protest by raising the issues in the House. BJP, which had promised so many things before the elections, now has stopped doing development-related works. We can all see, where are the 'acche din' (good days now)," Goel further alleged.The Congress youth members' protest also disrupted traffic movement for a while on the Minto Road and its adjoining streets, he said.PTI