Congress govt disturbing festive atmosphere, says Harish Rao

Asha workers met Harish Rao at his office and complained to him about the delay in the release of salaries.

Siddipet: Former Minister T Harish Rao said the Congress government was taking away the festive atmosphere from the homes of government employees, contract staff and pensioners by denying salaries and other benefits to them.

Speaking to news reporters in Siddipet on Tuesday, he said police personnel were not given surrender leave benefits besides salaries being denied to home guards. Anganwadi staffers, Asha workers, guest lecturers in colleges, and other contract and outsourcing staff were not being given regular salaries. Mid-day meal workers and resource persons had not received their salaries since March.

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Two months of Aasara pensions were pending for all beneficiaries, he said, demanding that the government release all the pending salaries and other benefits to the people to help them celebrate Dasara and Bathukamma.

Everyone in Telangana buy new clothes for all family members during Dasara, but this year, they could not do so due to denial of salaries, he said.

Earlier, Asha workers met Harish Rao at his office and complained to him about the delay in the release of salaries.