Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has received a lot of flak by people on Twitter after she announced a sum of ₹2 lakh each for the families of martyrs. Recently, the Bihar government too came under attack after Suneeta, widow of Hav Ashok Kumar Singh, refused the compensation and asked, “Was my husband a drunkard who died in a drain?” The compensation was then revised to₹11 lakh.
Many twitteratis referred to her announcement from September 2015 when she had announced ₹10 lakh for a pilgrim from her state who lost his life in the Mecca crash accident and ₹1 lakh each for other the 100 deceased.
“Mamata gives 2 lakhs for Uri Attack martyrs. Same Mamata gave 10 lakhs for victims who were killed in Hajj accident. Long live secularism!” wrote a user.
Apart from Bihar and Bengal, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav announced a sum of ₹20 lakh each to the families of four martyrs from the state and Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubir Das also announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh each.
But the online arena was visible annoyed, take a look at these tweets:
And the vote bank politics zindabad #MartyrsNotBeggars pic.twitter.com/JJcGptQ8OD
— ANKAN DUTTA (@ANKANDUTTA16) September 22, 2016
Mamata gives 2 lakhs for Uri Attack martyrs. Same Mamata gave 10 lakhs for victims who were killed in Hajj accident. Long live secularism!?
— गीतिका (@ggiittiikkaa) September 21, 2016
Why not @MamataOfficial joins Pakistani Army#MartyrsNotBeggars
— Sumit Jangid (@sir_sumitjangid) September 22, 2016
Just 2 lakh for martyrs
They have sacrificed their lives for India
For our country to be safe & live in peace.
They are #MartyrsNotBeggars— Swati (@SwatiT_) September 22, 2016
