BATHINDA,
(Aawaaz Bureau) : Expressing
solidarity with the victim families of the
deceased farmers who lost their lives during agitation against black farm
laws, next of kin of the farmers, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit
Singh Channi on Sunday handed over the appointment letters of government jobs to
the aggrieved families.
The
Chief Minister, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa,
visited the house of labourer late S Sukhpal Singh (30) at village Mandi Kalan
in Bathinda and handed over the appointment letter of government job to S Natha
Singh, the elder brother of the deceased. It may be recalled that Sukhpal Singh
was indisposed during the dharna at Tikri border and underwent treatment at
PGI, where he died on March 31, 2021.
Expressing
gratitude to the Chief Minister for this benovalent gesture, Natha Singh said
that as per the announcement made by the Punjab Government they had already got
financial assistance worth Rs. 5 lakh, on the Bhog of the Sukhpal Singh, which
is being utilised to rebuild their dilapidated house.
Similarly,
both the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister also handed over an
appointment letter to Gurmail Singh of Chauke village in Rampura Tehsil of
Bathinda as his only son late Jashanpreet Singh (18) had died at Tikri Border
on January, 2 this year.
Striking
an emotional chord with the family members of the deceased, the Chief Minister
said that the state government is committed to bail them in this hour of
crisis. He said that these farmers/ farm labourers had sacrificed their lives
at altar of the motherland during agitation against draconian farm laws. Mr
Channi said that it is shameful that due to anti-farmers policies of the Modi
government, the hard working and resilient farmers of the state who had made
India a self reliant country in food production are on the roads.
The
Chief Minister bemoaned that due to the apathy of the centre government several
precious lives of the food growers have been lost. However, he said that realizing
they immense contribution of farmers the Punjab government had decided to give
government jobs to the next of kin of deceased farmers adding that this promise
is now being fulfilled by them. Channi assured the farmers that no stone will
be left unturned for their well being in these difficult time .
Reiterating
his government’s firm commitment to oppose these anti-farmers laws, the
Chief Minister said that they will not allow these laws to be implemented in
the state. He said that Punjab assembly has already rejected these laws because
they are primarily aimed at ruining the farmers just to pursue the vested
interests of big industrialists and corporate houses. Channi said that this is
government of the farmers and it will stand for them in every thick and thin to
safeguard their interests at every cost.
