Hyderabad, May 20 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao on Tuesday, May 20 urged the Telangana government to release hiked salaries for mini Anganwadi workers in the state.

Rao criticised the Congress government for not paying the salaries of the mini Anganwadi workers for 2024. In a letter to Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, the Siddipet MLA demanded that the government pay salaries as per the increased pay grade and also credit the arrears into their accounts immediately.

Rao accused the Telangana government of political opportunism, highlighting that 3,989 mini Anganwadi workers who were serving in the most remote rural and tribal belts were subjected to financial and emotional hardship due to erratic policy imple...