Priyanka Gandhi Slams UP Government For Attacking ASHA Workers In Shahjahanpur
The Congress leader said that if her party is voted to power next year, the ASHA workers will be paid Rs 10,000 per month
Mumbai: Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for allegedly attacking Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers in Shahjahanpur.
Sharing a video on Twitter, Vadra said, “Every attack on the ASHA sisters by the Uttar Pradesh government is an insult to the work done by them. My ASHA sisters have given their services diligently in the COVID pandemic and on other occasions. Receiving an honorarium is their right. It is the duty of the government to listen to them. ASHA sisters deserve respect and I am with them in this fight.”
The Congress leader further claimed that if her party is voted to power next year in the assembly polls, the ASHA workers will be paid Rs 10,000 per month.
“The Congress party is committed to the right of providing an honorarium to ASHA sisters and if our government is formed, ASHA sisters and Anganwadi workers will be given an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month,” she tweeted.
https://twitter.com/priyankagandhi/status/1458295104733548549?s=20
Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to go for Assembly polls early next year.
In the 2017 UP Assembly elections, the BJP had secured 312 seats out of the 403-member House. Samajwadi Party (SP) had bagged 47 seats, BSP had won 19 while Congress just managed to win 7 seats.
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