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CPI(M) demands pension for eligible

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Chittoor: Members of the Communits Party of India (CPI-M) district unit led by its leaders Chaithanya and Surendra Kumar staged a dharna in front of the collectorate on Monday demanding that the government sanction widow, old age and physically handicapped pensions to all eligible persons.

They alleged that several eligible persons were not sanctioned pension under different categories due to improper survey by the officers concerned.

A.S. Manohar, MLA, addressing the protesters, alleged that pensions were sanctioned only to Congress party workers and ignoring genuine persons. The promise of the government to sanction pension to all the eligible persons was far from truth, he said.The leaders presented a memorandum to Collector M. Ravi Chandra.

Water project

TDP activists and farmers of Penumur and Gangadhar Nellore mandals, led by mandal party president Hari Babu and former MLA Gandhi, staged a separate dharna and rastha roko near NTR Jalasayam on Chittoor Penumur road demanding that the government to take up the already sanctioned Rs. 1.28-crore project linking 32 irrigation tanks in Penumur and Gangadhar Nellore mandals through canals from NTR Jalasayam.

The AITUC-affiliated Sangamitra Association district union also staged a dharna demanding job security and enhancement of their salaries, besides payment on the first of every month.

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