Kerala to retain only minimal contract staff recruited under COVID brigade, says Healh Minister Veena George
The Hindu
Though 20,000-odd employees had been recruited on a temporary basis under the brigade when the second wave of was sweeping across the State, these staff are now found to be in excess as the COVID situation in Kerala is well within control, says the Minister
The State Government has decided to retain only as many contract employees recruited under the COVID brigade as is necessary to fill the human resource shortages in critical areas in the health sector, Health Minister Veena George said in the Assembly here on Wednesday.
Though 20,000-odd employees had been recruited earlier on a temporary basis under the brigade when the second wave of the pandemic was sweeping across the State, these employees were now found to be in excess as the COVID situation in the State was well within control, she said.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.