Union to stage'Vidhana Soudha chalo' on Nov 19 over Anganwadi work time extension

October 31, 2013

Mangalore, Oct 31: The members of the district Anganwadi Workers' Union have decided to hold'Vidhana Soudha Chalo' on November 19, opposing unscientific method adopted in extending and regularising work hours of Anganwadi till 4 p.m.

Speaking at a news conference here on Wednesday Vishlakshi, president of District Anganwadi Workers' Union said that the government has to take the responsibility of providing job security to anganwadi workers since they cannot continue their part time jobs as most of the anganwadi workers have been supplementing their income by doing part-time jobs.

Vishalakshi said that children are being made to stay in the school till 4 pm, which in a way deprives them of parental care and nutritious food that they receive at home.

“The food given to them, under various schemes, is only acting as supplementary nutrition. The school hours should end at 1.30 pm,” she said adding that the decision to keep them in the class till 4 pm will have negative impact.

“Present anganwadi centres in state have more than 8 hours work and government should revise the timings. It is unscientific and study reports have proved it. In order to repeal the order of time extension, we have organised a Vidhana Soudha Chalo,” she said.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

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The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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