Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Seeking the indulgence of the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister towards the highly contemptuous treatment given by the State Govt to the State martyrs, JKNPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh today sought adequate ex-gratia, gallantry awards and other welfare measures for the sons of the soil who laid down their lives while fighting armed insurgency in the State and elsewhere.
He rued that it was a sheer irony that the traitors were enjoying all the luxuries of life in Kashmir but the tall pronouncements of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to provide ex-gratia worth Rs one crore to the NoKs of martyrs failed to turn into reality in J&K.
Harsh Dev Singh made the aforesaid points in his petition submitted to the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister in New Delhi today.
“While the martyrs of other states are honoured and adequately paid the ex-gratia by their respective State Governments, the Government of J&K obnoxiously shows empty coffers to the bereaved families of the brave hearts,” he said and demanded immediate ex-gratia compensation to the bereaved families of martyr Imran Tak and Sohan Lal Bhagat without any delay.
Eulogizing the valour of the Sub Inspector Imran Tak of Dudu-Basantgarh who was martyred while fighting the militants at Zakura in Srinagar last month, Singh recalled the supreme sacrifice of hundreds of Police personnel killed in the Valley since insurgency broke out in the late eighties. “However, the announcement of ex-gratia and other benefits are still awaited by the families and dependants of these martyrs”, anguished Harsh said.
Recalling the supreme sacrifice of martyr Sohan Lal Bhagat of Assam Rifles hailing from Bajalta, Nagrota who was killed in an IED blast in Manipur on Nov 13th this year, Harsh Dev Singh rued that the State Government was yet to take the cognizance of the war heroes whose families deserved ex-gratia and other benefits with dignity and honour on priority.
Reminding Union Home Minister about his pronouncements to provide Rs 1 crore ex-gratia to the NoKs of martyrs, Singh asked the BJP partnered State Govt. to announce immediate ex-gratia compensation to the bereaved families of martyr Imran Tak and Sohan Lal Bhagat without any delay.
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