New Delhi, March 1 -- Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday criticised the Kerala government over the low honorarium of ASHA workers in the state, calling their ongoing protest a fight for 'dignity and respect.'

"It is appalling that women who are the backbone of society should have to beg for their rights like this. Instead of justice, all they have got from the Kerala government is apathy and attempts to silence them," the Congress leader wrote in a post on X.

https://x.com/priyankagandhi/status/1895846035731460316

The Wayanad MP pointed out that while ASHA workers in Karnataka and Telangana receive higher wages, those in Kerala are paid a meagre Rs 7,000.

While expressing solidarity with the protesting workers, she reit...