106 govt staffers suspended for attending BRS candidate’s meet in Telangana

Siddipet District Collector Manu Chowdhary has suspended 106 Telangana government staffers including contract and permanent employees for attending a meeting hosted by BRS’ Medak Lok Sabha candidate P Venkatrama Reddy at Reddy Sankshema Bhavan on Sunday night.

The Telangana government staffers were working for the Society for the Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) and the



National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)- both wings of the District Rural Development Agency.

Of the 106 employees, 38 work with the SERP and 68 with NREGS. The suspended staff includes assistant project managers (SERP), community coordinators, technical assistants, computer operators, village organization assistants, field assistants and engineering consultants among others.