Telangana Gram Panchayati staff to hold meeting on Oct 21

Abdullapurmet: The two-day second 'mahasabha' of CITU-affiliated Telangana Gram Panchayati Workers and Employees' Union is to begin here in Shiva Gardens on October 21.

Addressing the media here on Sunday, organising committee chairman Pagadala Yadayya and co-chairman E Narsihma alleged that the State government failed to recognise the GP workers even after 30 years of service.

They said Minister K Tarakarama Rao's assurance after the 45-day strike in 2017 on payment of wages, extension of ESI and PF coverage was yet to be implemented. The two leaders stated that the mahasabha would decide the intensified agitation to secure the demands.

Later CITU Ranga Reddy district president D Jagdish and secretary Chandramohan announced extension of 'total' support to the RTC strike. They called upon the CITU leadership to support the strike on Monday. Among those present at the press meet were CITU district leaders D Kishan, A Mahesh, SFI activist Shiva.