Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Punjab minister to handover cheques to kin of four farmers, one scribe
Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha will handover a cheque for Rs 50 lakh each as compensation to the families of four farmers and one journalist, who were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence earlier this month.
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Both Chhattisgarh and Punjab governments had announced a compensation of Rs 50 lakh each to families of four farmers and a journalist killed in the violence that broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had said the Lakhimpur violence reminded him of the Jallianwallah Bagh massacre in 1919. He alleged that the UP Government had made a "mockery" of democracy.
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"Our government will provide Rs 50 lakh each to families of farmers and the journalist killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence," he had told reporters in Lucknow.
-PTC News
