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WON’T ALLOW ANY INJUSTICE TO DEPENDENTS OF MARTYRS: GEHLOT

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who on Saturday met a delegation of widows of the martyrs from across the State, amid a simmering protest by the widows of three CRPF jawans killed in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, said the state government has the highest honour for martyrs and war widows.

“Expressing their feelings, the widows of the martyrs gave their support to the current policies of the State government. It is not appropriate to give the jobs and rights of war widows and their children to someone else. The State government will always stand with the martyrs and their families,” the CM said.

“The dependents of the martyrs have been employed by the State government in government services as per the rules. The rules will be followed in future too. No injustice will be allowed to happen to the dependents of the martyrs,” he added.

Gehlot said the Kargil package was implemented for the martyrs during his previous tenure. Under the package, Rs 25 lakh for the families of martyrs, 25 bighas of land, accommodation from the housing board and an additional Rs 25 lakh for those not taking the accommodation, and jobs for war widows or their children are provided, he said.

“There is also a provision of fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakh for the parents of the martyr. In addition, provisions were also done to install statues of martyrs and to name any one public place after the name of martyrs,” he said.

“There should be no politicisation of matters related to martyrs. There is no provision in the rules to give job to any other family member other than the war widows or children. This demand is unjustified and due to this the widows may have to face undue family and social pressure in future,” the Gehlot said.

The statement said martyr Havaldar Ramesh Kumar Dagar’s wife Kusum said the demand for giving compensatory government job to the brother-in-law is not according to the rules, Krishna Jat, wife of martyr Havaldar Shyam Sunder Jat, said only children of martyrs have right to get jobs given as compensation by state government.

They termed the demonstration wrong and against the rules, the statement said.

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