Mangaluru, July 24: Minister for Woman and Child Welfare, Physically Challenged and Senior Citizens Empowerment, and Kannada and Culture departments, Dr Jayamala asked the authorities to take care about ensuring cleanliness and nutritious food at Anganwadis.

Speaking at a progress review meeting of the Woman and Child Welfare department at the ZP Hall here on Tuesday, she directed the officers to take action to fill the vacant posts in Anganwadis. When the problem of online applications for Anganwadi assistants was brought to her notice, she said that she would take steps to solve the problem.

Matru Poorna scheme was the ambitious programme of the government and beneficiary women should be educated about the importance of this programme. Newborn babies should not be abandoned by their mothers. There was a programme called ‘Madilu’ to take care of such babies. The authorities should take care about such babies, she said.

Sexual minorities should be allowed to live with others in the society. They should be given employment and housing facilities. A well-equipped building was being constructed for physically challenged and it was planned to develop such centres in each district to help the physically challenged people, she said.



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New Delhi (PTI): "I go to Parliament to create impact, not ruckus," said Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Saturday as he rejected allegations levelled against him by the Aam Aadmi Party, calling them "false" and part of a "coordinated campaign".

In a video, Chadha dismissed claims that he did not join opposition walkouts, terming the charge a "blatant lie".

He challenged his detractors to cite even a single instance where he failed to participate and said parliamentary proceedings are recorded through CCTV cameras.

Refuting another allegation that he refused to sign a motion related to the Chief Election Commissioner, Chadha said no party leader had asked him, either formally or informally, to sign it. He added that several other MPs from his party had also not signed the motion.

The MP said his focus in Parliament has been on raising public issues such as GST, income tax, air pollution in Delhi, water concerns in Punjab, public healthcare, education, railway passenger issues, menstrual health, unemployment and inflation.

Chadha said that he goes to Parliament to "create impact not ruckus" as it runs on taxpayers' money and it is his responsibility to highlight their concerns. "Every lie will be exposed," he said.