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AICC gen-secy, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra publicly support agitating ASHA workers of Kerala

Malappuram, June 15 (UNI) AICC general secretary and Wayanad MP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, said on Sunday the agitating Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers of Kerala are protesting for their basic rights.
While addressing a corner meeting at Moothedam near Nilambur, as part of election campaign for the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Aryadan Showkath, Ms Gandhi said, "I know the plight of ASHA workers in Kerala. They are proud, brave women who performed heroic services for the community during the Covid -19 pandemic. Yet today, they are protesting for their basic rights."
She also said, "ASHA workers have been available 24/7 and respond to calls at any time. If they are asking for a reasonable raise in their honorarium after years of service-and a retirement amount at least Rs five lakh what is wrong with that. It is their right."
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