Date:19/12/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/19/stories/2006121904440400.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

`Raw deal' for archakas alleged

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: The CPI(M) and BJP staged a walkout in the Assembly on Monday saying that welfare of temple archakas was inadequate. Members of both parties walked out during question hour when Endowments Minister J.C. Diwakar Reddy failed to furnish information on the number of archakas drawing salaries as recommended by the Supreme Court.