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Anganwadi staff stage protest

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They court arrest protesting against mass transfers by Government

— Photo: T. Singaravelou

IN SUPPORT OF THEIR DEMAND: A large number of anganwadi workers courting arrest in Puducherry on Monday.

Puducherry: Around 550 anganwadi workers and helpers courted arrest here when they took out a procession to picket the Assembly on Monday. They urged the Government to rescind the orders issued for mass transfer of all the staff.

The employees who have been on strike after applying for mass casual leave took out the procession from near Kamban Kalai Arangam and when they were on their way to the Assembly.

At one stage the agitators squatted on the road and raised slogans against the mass transfer the Government had effected in the name of shuffling of staff.

The arrested included the member of the Executive Committee of the Tamil Nadu unit of CPI (Marxist) T.Murugan.

Meanwhile, Welfare Minister M Kandasamy has said that the government would take action against the staff abstaining from work under the Conduct Rules.

He was participating in a function of the Department of Welfare of Adi Dravidar where the Chief Minister N Rangasamy distributed benefits of various welfare schemes for the scheduled castes.

Mr Kandasamy said that as soon as he had become a Minister a month ago he had initiated steps to tone up the working of the departments coming under his purview.

He said he would only reiterate his plea to the anganwadi staff to give up their agitation and report for duty (at the centres where they were now posted).

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