Chandigarh

SAD seeks Rs 1 cr compensation, one Govt job to each family

PNS

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday asked the Congress-led Punjab Government to give a compensation of Rs 1 crore each and a Government job to the next of kin of all Punjabis who were killed by the ISIS in Iraq. “It is the responsibility of the Punjab government to provide succour to the affected families who have suffered for four years before they found closure after the last remains of their near and dear ones were unearthed in Iraq,” said the former Minister and SAD spokesman Bikram Singh Majithia.   He said that the SAD-BJP Government started a pension of Rs 20,000 per month to the affected families, and now that it has come to light that they are no more, the Punjab government should fulfil its responsibility towards the families.