Principal Secretary (Home) N K Aswal on Sunday stated that on the directives of Chief Minister Raman Singh, a family member of each martyred person in the Naxal violence at Jeeram Ghati should be provided the best of the appointments as per their ability, an official statement issued here said.
Aswal , in the statement, stated that the Government had been seriously considering the offer of making job appointments on compassionate ground to the kin of the martyred citizens in the Jeeram Ghati attack. He said that in a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister it had been directed to the State Chief Secretary and other senior officials to ask the officers at the concerned districts to personally meet the kin of the martyred citizens whose applications had not reached the Government and after having a discussion with them and taking their consent besides taking the applications from them carry out necessary action as per Government Services rules at the earliest.
Raman has also directed that immediate arrangements be made for the offering of the monetary assistance to be given to the families of the martyrs, the statement said.
Congress resents low-level job offers made to slain leaders’ kin
Raipur: The Congress party has expressed strong reservations over the proposal of appointment made for the next of kin of slain Congress party leaders in the Darbha Ghati attack for Class III and IV positions in the Government, according to a State Congress Party statement issued here on Sunday. The senior leadership of the party particularly State Congress Working President and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Charandas Mahant, leader of Opposition Ravindra Choubey and State Congress Programme Co-ordinator Bhupesh Baghel while taking strong exception to the proposal had termed it as ‘irresponsible behaviour’ of the ruling Government, it said. The party has also termed the offer of the Class III and IV Government posts to the dependents of the slain Congress leaders as an insult to the leaders who were killed in the attack. The statement further stated that late State Congress President Nandkumar Patel had been MlA five times and had held the post of Home Minister in both the Government of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh besides being Minister of other key departments. Similarly late Mahendra Karma had been an MP and a Minister besides being leader of Opposition and late Dinesh Patel was highly educated. The offer of low level Government job is an insult to the martyrs, it stated.