Anganwadi workers in Telangana staged a “Chalo Secretariat” protest on Thursday, opposing the state’s new pre-primary school plan and demanding higher pay. They alleged the move would endanger jobs under ICDS. Police later dispersed and detained the protesters.

Hyderabad: The environs of the Secretariat reverberated with “CM down down” slogans raised by Anganwadi teachers and helpers on Thursday as they demanded the Congress government to fulfill their demands.

Under the aegis of Anganwadi Teachers and Helpers Union, women from across the State turned up in large numbers to lay siege to the Secretariat on Thursday. This was as part of the “Chalo Secretariat” protest call given by the union after staging a protest at Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s residence in Kodangal on September

See Full Page