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A day of protests in Chitradurga

In full force: Anganwadi workers taking out a protest rally in Chitradurga on Monday.

Chitradurga: The city on Monday witnessed four protests by various organisations on diverse issues.

In a protest organised by the Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers and Assistants’ Federation under the aegis of the Communist Party of India (CPI), the anganwadi workers of the district demanded an increase in the honorarium paid to them.

The protest march by the workers stated from the Mahatma Gandhi Circle here and culminated at the Deputy Commissioner’s office. District president of the CPI, H.K. Ramchandrappa, said that over 1 lakh anganwadi workers were working in the State for a meagre monthly honorarium.

“Though a marginal hike was given recently, but given the spiralling prices of essential commodities, the hike was too small,” he said.

Mr. Ramchandrappa demanded that the Government provide a monthly honorarium of Rs. 3,000 to anganwadi workers and Rs. 2,000 to the assistants.

He urged the Government to extend retirement benefits to the workers by paying them a pension of Rs. 1,200 a month.

In another protest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took out a rally protesting against the Union Government’s alleged delay in supplying fertilizers to the State.

The protesters alleged that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government led by the Congress was deliberately delaying the supply of fertilizers to defame the BJP Government in the State. They demanded that the Union Government immediately release the State’s quota of fertilizers. The day’s third protest was organised by the Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Labours’ Association. District president of the association T.G. Yeshwantraju, who addressed the protesters outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office, urged the Government to regularise around 1,700 workers, who had completed 10 years service.

The fourth agitation was organised by the district unit of Rashtriya Kisan Sangha demanding an early distribution of fertilizers to the farmers.

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