Kejri announces ₹1cr relief, job to kin of slain BSF man
SONEPAT: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who visited Haryana , the native village of slain BSF head constable Narender Kumar on Friday, announced that his government would amend a rule on giving ex gratia of Rs 1 crore to the kin of martyred security personnel to include those who have settled in the national capital after joining service.
Narender was brutally murdered by Pakistani troops on the international border in Jammu recently.
Interacting with mediapersons, Kejriwal said under the present policy, an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore and a job is given to the next of kin provided the martyr’s permanent address at the time of joining service was in Delhi.
“We are holding a meeting of the Delhi cabinet on Tuesday in which we are going to change this rule.
There is a lacuna in this rule as several families (martyrs/ families) have settled in Delhi later. So, we will change the rule and bring changes in a manner so that we are able to include sacrifices made by martyrs like Narender and are able to provide the ex-gratia grant and a job to the next of kin of Narender ji,” he said.
He said that Narender had joined the force in 1988 and at that time his permanent address mentioned was that of of Haryana.
“... On Tuesday (September 25), in the cabinet (meeting), we will change this rule,” he said.
Kejriwal said that in Narender’s case, he has come to know that for the last eight to ten years, he and his family were residing in Delhi.
He also strongly condemned the brutal killing of the soldier and said there was growing anger in the country over Pakistan’s actions.
Hitting out at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, he asked, “Why is the Centre appearing so helpless. Why is the prime minister not doing anything’’.
In a jibe at the PM for his surprise visit to Pakistan nearly three years ago, Kejriwal said, “If writing love letters won’t do, will cutting cake on their (the then PM Nawaz Sharif) birthday help. After all, for how long will our soldiers tolerate this. This is not acceptable to the country. We want action, we don’t want speeches.”
Kejriwal also decried Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s failure to even visit the martyr’s family.
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