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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for not paying compensation to kin of Covid victims

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New Delhi, June 21 

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the government for not paying ex-gratia compensation to families of those who died of Covid.

“It is impossible to valuate life, government’s compensation is only a small help, but the Modi government is not ready to even do that,” he said.

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“First the lack of treatment during the Covid pandemic and then the false figures and on top of that the government’s cruelty,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.

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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh cannot be paid to the families of those who have died of COVID-19 as it is beyond fiscal affordability and the finances of central and state governments are under severe strain.PTI

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