Rahul Gandhi vows to ‘personally fight’ for Anna Sebastian after speaking to her parents

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 lead to. He also vowed to work towards mitigating the toxic work culture at corporate offices. Rahul Gandhi spoke to the fogeys of Sebastian by way 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 speak up on the challenging moment about this issue in the larger interest of improving working conditions for millions of execs in the usa. The Congress MP also assured them that he would in my opinion fight for this lead to in his capacity because the Leader of the Opposition.

Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant (CA) from Kerala started working at Tax consultancy major Ernst & Young (EY)’s Pune place of job early this year and died just four months later, in July resulting from “intense work pressure”.

Her mother, Anita Augustine, wrote to EY India chairman Rajiv Memani this month, flagging the intense work pressure at its offices and likewise the way 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 try to locate 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 company sector. Earlier, in the day, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also expressed serious concerns over high-pressure work culture, specially in corporate offices and suggested a forty-hour work week.