Member of the Legislative Council Pakalapati Raghu Varma on November 15 (Wednesday) accused the YSR Congress (YSRCP) government in the State of being indifferent to the problems of its employees.
Addressing a large crowd of teachers protesting at Dharna Chowk in response to a call given by the leaders of Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Federation (APTF), Mr. Varma said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy did not treat the government employees and teachers as part of the government and claimed that no efforts were made to address and resolve their issues.
The federation’s State president Chennupati Manjula said that the government had to pay arrears worth more than ₹3,000 crores to its employees under different heads. This included payment of arrears pertaining to the 11th PRC, arrears of dearness allowance pending for 149 months and payment of the leave encashment to the employees.
