EY employee death: Rahul assures Anna's parents to fight for improving working conditions
The Hindu
Rahul Gandhi promises to fight for better working conditions after tragic death of Anna Sebastian Perayil at EY.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi spoke with the parents of Anna Sebastian Perayil, who died due to alleged extreme work pressure at Ernst & Young (EY), and assured them that he will fight for the cause of improving working conditions for the millions of professionals in India on Saturday (September 21, 2024).
Mr. Gandhi spoke with the parents of Anna Sebastian via a video call arranged by the Chairman of All India Professionals' Congress (AIPC), Praveen Chakravarty, who visited their home in Kochi.
“He offered his sympathies at Anna’s sudden and tragic demise and lauded the family’s courage and selflessness to speak up at this extremely difficult moment about this issue in the larger interest of improving working conditions for the millions of professionals in India,” a statement issued by the AIPC said.
“Rahul Gandhi assured them that he will fight for this cause in his capacity as the Leader of the Opposition,” it said.
Mr. Gandhi also instructed the AIPC Chairman to create an awareness movement in Anna's memory for all working professionals in India.
"Following Gandhi's instructions, AIPC will announce a helpline soon to collect information from corporate professionals about issues related to work stress and toxic work culture. Post which, AIPC will seek to come up with draft guidelines for better working conditions for professionals in the corporate sector," the statement said.
In a post on X last night, senior Congress leader and former AIPC Chairman Shashi Tharoor said he had a deeply emotional and heartrending conversation with Sibi Joseph, the father of Anna Sebastian, who passed away after a cardiac arrest following four months of deeply stressful seven-day weeks of 14 hours a day at Ernst & Young.
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