BJP members on Wednesday walked out of Chhattisgarh Assembly during Question Hour over the issue of non-fulfilment of promises made by the Congress government in the health sector.
During the ongoing Budget session, BJP's Damrudhar Pujari sought details of announcements made for health workers and Mitanins and how many of them have been fulfilled.
Minister Mohammed Akbar said continuous recruitment processes were underway to fill different vacant posts in government hospital facilities across the state. The announcements made were being fulfilled in phases.
Ajay Chandrakar (BJP) sought a standard population figure adopted for opening of six primary health centres in urban areas.
Ranjana Dipendra Sahu pointed out non-payment of special allowance for Mitanins and Asha workers. She said Rs 1,000 was to be paid for six months to Mitanins and Rs 500 to Asha workers but they have not been paid.
The Minister said payments for three months have been released in their bank accounts and norms were being followed to establish the primary health centres.
Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Kaushik spoke about shortage of staff nurses at the Bilaspur-based Medical College and implementation of the government’s flagship scheme ‘Universal Health Care’.
Before the Minister could reply, the opposition members created a din pointing to failures of the government in the health sector and walked out.