Bengaluru: Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar has said that the state government has decided to relieve Anganawadi workers of election duty, as requested by the workers and all other related organizations.

As the government montessori classes at Anganawadi centres will commence in October, the government discussed the matter with Chief Secretary Dr. Shalini Rajneesh and decided not to include the Anganawadi workers for election work, the minister added.

She has clarified that the government is yet to release its official order.

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Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi (PTI): Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday accepted the party decision to select V D Satheesan as the chief minister of Kerala and congratulated him.

Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Venugopal, who was one of the three persons being considered for the post, said he will provide all support to the CM and the UDF government in Kerala.

The decision comes more than 10 days after the results of the April Assembly polls in Kerala were declared.

The Congress-led UDF secured a more than two-thirds majority in the Kerala Assembly elections, but the party has been unable to decide its chief ministerial face due to lobbying by different camps and protests by workers at the ground level.

Besides, Satheesan and Venugopal, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala was also in the race for the CM post.