Selja seeks Rs1 cr aid for kin of deceased

Tribune News Service
Jhajjar, January 4

State Congress president Kumari Selja has demanded a financial aid of Rs 1 crore and a government job for the next of kin of farmers, who died during the agitation at the Delhi borders.

CLP to give Rs2 lakh

Chandigarh: Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday announced that the CLP would provide families of deceased farmers with a financial aid of Rs 2 lakh each. He said all Congress MLAs would make efforts to help the bereaved families.

“More than 50 farmers have lost their lives, but neither the Centre nor the state government has so far expressed condolences,” she said after meeting farmers protesting at the Tikri border on Monday.

She was accompanied by former minister Subhash Batra, former CPS Ramkishan Gurjar and Congress general secretary Ajay Chaudhary. Selja assured the farmers that the Congress stood with them.