Punjab minister hands over cheques of Rs 50 lakh to kin of farmers journalist killed in Lakhimpur

According to an official announcement, Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha handed over cheques totaling Rs 50 lakh to the families of the four farmers and a journalist killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri riots on Friday. He stated that the Punjab government has always supported the farmers’ agitation against the black farm laws and has always stood with them.

The unrest in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri area on October 3 resulted in the deaths of eight persons. Three BJP workers were allegedly lynched by angry farmers, in addition to the farmers who were run over by vehicles carrying BJP workers and the journalist. According to a press release issued by the Punjab government, Nabha handed over cheques totaling Rs 50 lakh to the families of the four farmers and the journalist in Lucknow.

The Punjab government has already granted one member of each bereaved family of 157 farmers who died in the ongoing agitation (against farm laws) a government job, according to Nabha.