Anganwadi staff will launch a starvation strike in Vijayawada on January 5 and relay starvation strikes from January 6 in all districts of the State. The agitation will likely be intensified until the YSRCP authorities concedes the calls for of the employees, who’re on a strike for the previous 24 days.
Deploring the apathetic perspective of the Chief Minister in the direction of the issues of the Anganwadi staff, CITU district common secretary R. Ok. S. V. Kumar and Anganwadi Employees and Helpers Union district president Y. Thulasi alleged at a media convention, in Visakhapatnam, on January 4, that the federal government was attempting to suppress the agitation by means of power. They mentioned that notices had been issued to the Anganwadi staff of assorted districts via the Collectors involved threatening them with termination, if they don’t re-join their duties by January 5.
Anganwadi staff accuse Andhra Pradesh authorities of apathy as their protest enters twentieth day
Saying that they couldn’t be cowed down by such threats, Mr. Kumar mentioned whereas Anganwadi staff had been agitating for twenty-four days, municipal staff had been on strike for 10 days and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for 15 days however the YSRCP authorities was unmoved, and all these would have a bearing on prospects of the YSRCP within the 2024 elections. He alleged that ‘police high-handedness’ had resulted in extreme accidents to union common secretary L. Devi and advisor Brindavathi.
“The agitation would be intensified in a phased manner, if the government fails to concede the demands of the Anganwadi workers by Sankrathi,” Ms. Thulasi added.
CITU district leaders G. Appalaraju and M. Subba Rao, Shramika Mahila Samanvaya Committee chief P. Mani and Anganwadi Employees and Helpers UNions working president R. Shobarani had been current.