Employee Association Will Be Given Top Priority, Says Revanth Reddy

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy launched a stinging attack on his predecessor K. Chandrashekar Rao for ignoring employee welfare even as he assured state staffers that the Congress government would take care of their interests. “Telangana philosopher Prof Jayashankar is the real Bapu of Telangana.” He was addressing government employees and teachers associations at the Marri Chenna Reddy Human Resources Development Institute here. He said all employee associations of different departments would be given due importance and the Cabinet sub-committee will hold meetings with them before taking any final decision, A. Revanth Reddy said. “Unlike the KCR government which behaved in a vindictive manner and banned the employees association, the Congress government believes that the department-wise employee associations must continue, Revanth Reddy said. The other demands include implementation of Employee Health Scheme with equal contribution by the government and the beneficiaries, sanction of three pending dearness allowances instalments, payment of pending bills by the finance department, enhance the interim relief from 5 per cent to 20 per cent and bring back the 144 Telangana state employees allotted to AP during bifurcation, sanction of new cadre stregnth to newly formed districts among other things.