Dismiss those Anganwadi workers: AP Govt

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government has issued orders to sack the Anganwadi workers who tried to lay seige to the CM's camp office in Vijayawada on December 18.

The ICDS special commisioner Chakravarthy has issued a memo ordering the removal the Anganwadi workers from service. The defiant workers are being identified by seeing the video footages of the dharna.

They have been fighting for their salary hike for several months and when there was no response from the government, they attacked the AP CM Chandrababu Naidu's camp office.

There has been a flak from all over the state against the harsh treatement meted out to the Anganwadi workers who were staging a dharna in front of the CM Camp office. And now, by the latest order from the government for dismissal of those workers has further created flutters.

The YSR Congress Party leader RK Roja demanded the government order removing the Anganwadi workers be withdrawn. She said the party will launch agitation in support of Anganwadis if the issue was not resolved immediately.