Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Andhra Pradesh unit president and MLA K. Atchannaidu has said the ‘police crackdown’ on the Anganwadi workers demanding an increase in their emoluments reflected Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s vindictive attitude towards them.
In a press release on July 10 (Monday), Mr. Atchannaidu said that the Chief Minister had promised to pay the Anganwadi workers more salaries than what is paid in Telangana, but he failed to keep it. “Moreover, he (Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy) got the Anganwadi workers roughed up for questioning his inaction,” said the TDP leader.