Representatives of contract workers of various Centrally-sponsored schemes will protest in front of the office of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi starting Monday.
This is part of a nation-wide protest call given by organisations representing anganwadi, BSI, ASHAs and others to sit in dharna in front of the houses and offices of MPs and Union Ministers.
This comes after the call to hold an indefinite dharna in front of the houses/offices of Union Ministers across the country demanding permanent rights for anganwadi, BSI, ASHAs came, said a press release from CITU general secretary Mahesh Pattar.
“The Union government is exploiting these workers by underpaying them and making them over work. It is also making them suffer by failing to regularise them. Our demands for a wage board for such workers have been neglected for decades. We have been demanding making food, health and education fundamental rights and to absorb these employees as regular government department employees. But successive governments have ignored our demands,” he said.
Members of Karnataka State Anganwadi Employees Association, Karnataka State Akshardasoha Employees Associations under the leadership of CITU will participate, said the release.
Published – November 30, 2025 09:23 pm IST
