Anganwadi workers, who have been agitating for the past 24 days, will stage a hunger strike in Vijayawada on January 5 and relay hunger strikes from January 6 in the districts across Andhra Pradesh, and the protest will be intensified if the YSRCP government does not concede their demands.
Deploring the “apathetic attitude of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy” towards the problems of the Anganwadi workers, CITU district general secretary R. K. S. V. Kumar and Anganwadi Workers and Helpers’ Union district president Y. Thulasi alleged at a media conference in Visakhapatnam on January 4 that the government was trying to suppress the agitation by the use of force.
They said notices had been issued to the Anganwadi workers of various districts through the respective district Collectors threatening them with termination if they did not reseume their duties by January 5.
