Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal meets family members of Ikaadar Singh, who was killed by terrorists at Pathankot airbase, at Bhagwaal village in Punjab on Wednesday. — PTI
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal meets family members of Ikaadar Singh, who was killed by terrorists at Pathankot airbase, at Bhagwaal village in Punjab on Wednesday. — PTI
Ahead of the Aam Aadmi Party’s mega-rally in Muktsar district of Punjab, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday handed over Rs 2 lakh each to the families of two security personnel killed in the terror attack in Pathankot as well as a taxi driver murdered earlier. Sources said that the AAP chief handed over cheques of Rs 2 lakh to the three families of the Pathankot martyrs.
The AAP supremo met the families of Defence Services Corps personnel Subedar Major Fateh Singh and Havildar Kulwant Singh as also of taxi driver Ikagar Singh in Gurdaspur and Pathankot districts of Punjab.
Kulwant and Fateh belonged to Chak Sharif and Jhanda Gujjran villages, respectively, of Gurdaspur district. Ikagar Singh, killed by terrorists a day before the January 2 attack, hailed from Bhagwal village in Pathankot district.
Terrorists, suspected to be from Pakistan, had attacked the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, killing seven security personnel, including a National Security Guard officer, an IAF Garud commando and five DSC personnel. All six heavily-armed terrorists were eliminated by the security forces after a prolonged stand-off.
Mr Kejriwal, who reached Pathankot on Wednesday, will launch the AAP’s political campaign for Punjab’s Assembly polls likely to be held in February next year. The Delhi chief minister is scheduled to address a public rally in Muktsar Sahib district on Thursday.
The AAP, which had won four (out of 13) Lok Sabha seats in Punjab in the 2014 general elections, is aiming it big for the next Assembly polls. It is gearing up to give a tough challenge to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP combine and the main Opposition Congress in the Assembly polls. The Punjab Assembly has 117 seats.
