Overview

• Hundreds of ASHA workers protested in Hyderabad to demand fixed monthly salaries promised in the Congress manifesto.
• T. Harish Rao told demonstrators that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had failed to deliver the pledged fixed pay.
• Rao claimed the state pursued large tenders, citing figures up to ₹50,000 crore, while not allocating funds for ASHA salaries.
• He said the BRS would take up the matter inside the Assembly and warned of consequences at the polls if demands go unmet.
• Rao also alleged police were used to curb protests and pointed to shortages of medicines and supplies in rural services, with these points presented as opposition claims.