Hyderabad, Jan 25: Expressing grief and anguish over the suicide attempt by Arogyamitra worker in Nellore district, YSR Congress has said that the TDP government has to mend its ways and honour its poll promises besides regularizing the services of volunteers in medicare.
‘The events leading to the suicide attempt by Arogyamitra worker Sumitra shows the faulty policies of the government which has gone back on its poll promise of regularizing contract workers and selectively removing Arogyamitra workers on some pretext or the other,’ party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma told reporters here on Monday.
It is very unfortunate the Arogyamitra worker had to resort to such an extreme step. Chandrababu Naidu has promised jobs to youth and to regularize contract workers during electioneering but after coming to power went back on his promises.
The pay revision of health workers was ignored and now the government has been sacking Arogyamitra workers on some flimsy grounds. The same workers who were serving as agents of rural medicare for long are being dubbed as inefficient and are being shown the door only to accommodate TDP cadre.
‘If the government feels that they are not up to the mark, they should be given additional training to upgrade their skills but cannot throw them out of jobs,’ she said.
The lathi-charge on Anganwadi workers at Vijayawada shows the attitude of the government. We demand that government should introspect and restore the jobs of all Arogyamitra workers and regularize their services.’ The hike in pay being demanded by Anganwadi workers is not a big amount when compared to the extravaganza of the Government, she said.
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