ASHA workers beaten up, humiliated in U.P.: Priyanka Gandhi
The Hindu
Their honorarium is low and they don’t get it on time, says Congress leader
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday met ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers who were allegedly beaten up by the police outside the venue where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was to hold a public meeting in Shahjahanpur district on November 9.
Ms. Vadra said the ASHA workers were brutally beaten up outside the venue when they gathered with their demands. She said the workers had toiled day and night during the COVID-19 outbreak for vaccination and during deliveries but they were being harassed.
“Their honorarium is low and they don’t get it on time. There is corruption and when they raise their voice they are beaten up and humiliated,” Ms. Vadra tweeted after meeting the ASHA workers here.
YSR Congress president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy emerged triumphant in Pulivendula Assembly constituency by defeating former MLC Mareddy Ravindranath Reddy alias ‘B.Tech’ Ravi of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) by 61,687 votes, which, however, is the lowest victory margin ever secured by Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy in his home turf.