Hyderabad, Feb. 23 -- A large number of ASHA workers staged a protest at the District Medical and Health Office (DMHO) at Koti area in Hyderabad, demanding that the Telangana government fulfil its promise of Rs 18,000 per month and announce a budget for it in the upcoming assembly session.

Soon after the workers protested, the police detained them and shifted them to the local police station.

Speaking about the protest, the ASHA worker slammed the Congress government in the state and demanded salaries that had been on hold for so long.

Speaking to ANI, an ASHA worker said, "We are from Kohed mandal, Tangedipalli village. We have come for a protest at Koti. We are not receiving salaries; they have put them on hold. We don't have insuran...