ASHA workers

For 3 years, the ASHA workers were asked to stay back after government work and official health-related meetings were over. They were then spoken to about Christianity, encouraged to read the Bible and told that idol worship practised in Hinduism was wrong.

When protesting ASHA workers stopped the car of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, police did lathi charge on them

The quarantine members reportedly threatened ASHA workers with death when the latter advised them to follow lockdown and quarantine guidelines

Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government has cleared an ordinance on Wednesday levying heavier fines and punishment, including life imprisonment, for harassing the frontline workers in the coronavirus pandemic.