Rahul Gandhi vows to ‘personally fight’ for Anna Sebastian after meeting her parents
The Congress MP assured them that he would personally fight for this cause in his capacity as the Leader of the Opposition.
New Delhi: Amid the nationwide uproar over the death of Anna Sebastian, 26-year-old employee of Ernst & Young (EY), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spoke to her parents and vowed to fight for her result in. He also vowed to work towards mitigating the toxic work culture at corporate offices. Rahul Gandhi spoke to the oldsters of Sebastian by technique of a video call and offered his sympathies to the family at her untimely demise, said an announcement from All India Professionals’ Congress (AIPC).
Rahul lauded the family’s courage and selflessness to chat up on the difficult moment about this issue in the larger interest of creating improvements to working conditions for millions of pros in the country. The Congress MP also assured them that he would for my part fight for this result in in his capacity as the Leader of the Opposition.
Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant (CA) from Kerala started working at Tax consultancy major Ernst & Young (EY)’s Pune office early this year and died just four months later, in July attributable to “intense work pressure”.
Her mother, Anita Augustine, wrote to EY India chairman Rajiv Memani this month, flagging the out of the ordinary work pressure at its offices and likewise how it became taking a toll on young lives.
“Rahul instructed the AIPC to create an awareness movement in Anna’s memory for all working professionals in India,” said the AIPC chief Praveen Chakravarty in a press statement. He also informed that Rahul has instructed to launch a helpline to hunt feedback from corporate professionals about issues related to work stress and toxic work culture.
Chakravarty said that AIPC will soon issue draft guidelines for better working conditions for professionals in the corporate sector. Earlier, in the day, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also expressed serious concerns over high-pressure work culture, specifically in corporate offices and suggested a forty-hour work week.
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