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Release dues of war widows: SAD

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 11:52 AM Jan 05, 2020 IST

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 4

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) sainik wing on Saturday demanded that the Congress government must release the pending Rs15-lakh grant to about 100 war widows or face an agitation.

In a statement issued here, SAD sainik wing president Gurjinder Singh Sidhu said, “It is condemnable that the state government is not releasing the pending grant in spite of the fact that a major portion of Rs50-lakh granted to martyrs’ families by former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had been released.”

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