Ever since J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had announced a compensation package of Rs5 lakh for the next of kin of protesters killed during the five month long period of Kashmir unrest between July 8 to November 30, 2016, the State BJP
Chief received brick bats for failing to earn justice for the family of Chamel Singh, a farmer who was mercilessly beaten to death inside Kot lakpat Central jail in Pakistan on January 15, 2013.
Soon after the murderous assault on Chamel Singh came to light, Sat Sharma had played a key role in highlighting the sufferings of the poor family and had even carried mortal remains of Chamel Singh on his shoulders when the same were brought back from Pakistan after a long wait of 2 months.
Since then Sharma was regularly raising the issue of delay in awarding compensation during the term of Omar Abdullah as the Chief Minister in the State but his efforts failed to yield fruitful results. He even failed to move
wheels of justice in favour of the widow of Chamel Singh after BJP-PDP formed an alliance Government in the State in 2015.
But on Wednesday the State unit chief once again raised the issue of providing compensation to the next of kin of Chamel Singh in recognition of his supreme sacrifice inside Pakistan jail. Without mincing any words Sat Sharma acknowledged the plight of poor family of Chamel Singh during the zero hour in the lower house of the State Assembly and urged upon the State Government to announce Rs10 lakh compensation besides martyr status for the deceased. Despite raising the issue forcefully he failed to extract any concrete reply from the treasury benches.
In turn the momentum generated by the state BJP Chief over the issue of announcing compensation was defused as even opposition members maintained eerie silence.
Meanwhile, the state BJP Chief also appealed to the representatives of the present Coalition Government in the State to look into the matter so that the condition of his family could improve. Sharma informed the house that his family members are working in the fields of other people under miserable conditions to earn their livelihood.