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Sikkim truck mishap: UP CM Yogi pays tribute to martyred army personnel, announces ex-gratia

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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tribute to army personnel who died in the Sikkim truck mishap and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh each to the families of all the deceased.
CM Yogi paid tribute to late Lokesh Kumar, a resident of district Muzaffarnagar, late Shyam Singh Yadav, a resident of district Unnao, late Bhupendra Singh, a resident of Etah district, and late Raja Charan Singh, a resident of district Lalitpur. He also announced a government job for one family member of each soldier.
CM Yogi also stated that a road in the Lucknow district shall be named after the martyrs.
The Chief Minister has assured all possible help to the families of the soldiers on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh Government.
Along with this, the deceased will be cremated with full military honours in the presence of state ministers, the chief minister informed.
As many as 16 Indian Army personnel lost their lives on Friday in a road accident in North Sikkim involving an Army truck, said the Indian Army.
According to the Indian Army, the ill-fated vehicle was part of a three-vehicle convoy that was going from Chatten in the morning towards Thangu. En route at Zema, the vehicle skidded down a steep slope while negotiating a sharp turn.
The Indian Army launched a rescue operation in which four injured soldiers were air evacuated, while three Junior Commissioned Officers and 13 soldiers succumbed to the injuries sustained in the accident.
Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju on Friday condoled the death of Indian Army personnel in a tragic road accident in North Sikkim involving an Army truck.

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โ€œPained to learn about the tragic loss of the lives of our brave Army soldiers in a road accident in Sikkim. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. Praying for the recovery of the injured at the earliest,โ€ tweeted Kiren Rijiju.
President Droupadi Murmu also condoled the deaths of Indian Army personnel.
โ€œAnguished to learn about the loss of lives of brave soldiers of the Indian Army in a road accident in Sikkim. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,โ€ tweeted President Murmu.

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โ€œThey should have started it from Dhaka and Lahoreโ€: UP BJP chief on Rahul Gandhiโ€™s Bharat Jodo Yatra

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New Delhi: UP BJP chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary took a swipe at Rahul Gandhiโ€™s Bharat Jodo Yatra and said that the Congress should have started it from Bangladesh or Pakistan.
โ€œThe Congress should have organised the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Dhaka (Bangladesh), Lahore, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi (Pakistan) which was separated from India during their rule, but it seems as if Congress itself is confused,โ€ Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary said in a conversation with ANI. โ€œI donโ€™t understand which India are they trying to reconnect when the partition during their governance separated Bangladesh as a part of West Pakistan from us,โ€ he added.
Further, taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, the UP BJP chief said that if they really want to unify the country, they should have started the yatra from Dhaka in Bangladesh or from Lahore, Karachi, or Islamabad in Pakistan.
Later in the conversation, Chaudhary said that Congress has only destroyed the image of the โ€œunited Indiaโ€.
Notably, Rahul Gandhiโ€™s Bharat Jodo Yatra has arrived in the national capital today. The former Congress president had said: โ€œBJP spreads hatred. We embrace all Indians. There is no hatred in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. If someone falls here, everyone lifts him up. Everyone helps everyone, this is the true India.
Chaudhary also reacted to Congress spokesperson Pawan Kheraโ€™s remark and said that it is up to them whom they want to make the Prime Ministerial face but the ultimate decision will be taken by the country.

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โ€œIt is only Congress who would decide the Prime Ministerial face of its party for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections but ultimately, the decision will be taken by the people,โ€ the UP BJP president said adding that they will present the report card of the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the next election and will highlight another difference by the party.
On being asked whether Rahul Gandhi would become the Prime Minister in 2024, Khera told ANI that it will be decided in the 2024 polls. โ€œOnly 2024 will decide it but if you ask us, then, definitely Rahul Gandhi should become PM,โ€ Pawan Khera had said earlier in the day while the padayatra was coming from Faridabad to Delhi.

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