Hyderabad: Kisan Ekta Morcha appreciated Prime Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s decision to offer Rs 3 lakh ex gratia each to the families of farmers, who lost their lives during the riot.
This was in response to the Minister of Industry, KT Rama Rao’s tweet “Proud of Telangana Prime Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao Garu for announcing Rs.3 lakh ex gratia to all 750 plus farmers, who lost lives against the farm laws in the NQF, ”
Kisan Ekta Morcha tweeted on Sunday “While Mr Narendra Modi or his government does not acknowledge the heavy and inevitable sacrifices made by about 700 brave farmers of the Kisan Andolan, the Telangana government has now stepped forward to support the next of kin of to grant the martyrs. ”
It further added “While announcing a support of Rs. 3 lakh rupees each per family of martyrs, the Prime Minister of Telangana, Mr K Chandrasekhar Rao, also demanded that the Government of India pay Rs.25 lakhs to each farming family and also withdraw all matters unconditionally.
Kisan Ekta Morcha announced that “Samyukt Kisan Morcha will provide the list of martyrs to the Telangana government.
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Source: Telangana Today