Nirmala Counters Akhilesh Yadav

We are involved in their grief. “They will receive justice and the guilty will be punished”, Akhilesh Yadav said to the media after meeting with the family of the Dadri murder victim.

“We will help them, will also provide them with job if required”, Yadav added.

Several prominent political leaders from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have visited Dadri in the last two days to meet Iqlakh’s family.

Without naming Modi, Yadav said that those who are marketing the country overseas should consider what kind of food is eaten by the people there. Yadav, whose government has drawn flak over the incident, said Samajwadi Party will never do politics on the issue but alleged that attempts were being made to vitiate the atmosphere since it came to power in the state. Akhilesh also announced raising the financial assistance to the victim Ikhlaq’s family to Rs 30 lakh from Rs 20 lakh as well as Rs five lakh each will be given to his three brothers. However, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav offered a constructive criticism for PM’s pet project. The accused won’t be able to get rid of the law. Slapping the NSA will allow the police to detain the accused for up to 12 months. The total number of accused arrested has till now gone up to 10.

Shivam and Vishal – were arrested from the Noida bus depot, after they were trying to leave the city.

The Uttar Pradesh government had signed an MoU with the investment arm of the HCL in June this year to set up a 100-acre Information Technology city in Lucknow on Sultanpur road.

The victim’s 22-year-old son Danish was critically injured in the incident and is undergoing treatment.

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