Marxist party provides financial support to flood-affected poor

The Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) has carried out a special outreach programme in border villages, including Umarkhurd and Jastrewal. According to party leader Mangat Ram Pasla and central committee member Sajjan Singh, the drive aimed to help flood-affected poor residents. The party gave Rs 8,000 to each to poor families affected by the recent floods. RMPI representatives said border residents continued to face shortages of basic amenities; poor connectivity and other infrastructural gaps; and limited employment opportunities.

The leaders assured the villagers that their concerns would be taken up at the administrative level.

Singh said a total of Rs 2.60 lakh was distributed among families in need. The support included essential household items, aid for the elderly, and help for families facing medical or financial hardship.

Paasla said this kind of support should ideally be provided by the Centre and state governments, adding that both of these collected huge taxes from the public, yet the poorest still did not receive basic help. Villagers reportedly told the leaders that the Punjab Government had still not given the promised Rs 20,000 per acre compensation, and no aid had been provided for houses that had collapsed or become unsafe. Party leaders said, earlier, former MLA Satnam Singh Ajnala had distributed goods worth over Rs 10 lakh — including diesel, fertiliser, fodder seeds and pesticides — to help struggling families in the region.