Congress leader, former Lok Sabha Member Ponnam Prabhakar today demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to pay the employees who participated in Sakalajanula Samme during Telangana agitation. He told media persons at Assembly media point on Saturday that, employees participated in the agitation for 42 days and they could not get the due salary till date.

He also said that, around 20,000 employees retired after Sakalajanula Samme, and government ignoring their due salaries. He slammed on NGO leaders for not protesting for employees rights. He criticized that, the leaders of NGO are eying nominated posts and ignoring the issue. Ponnam also criticized the government for failing to offer health cards and PRC announcement. The Chief Minister should resolve these problems immediately otherwise the congress will intensify protests, he warned.