KCR embarks on pan-India tour with Delhi, Punjab CMs, to give financial aid to families of farmers
India Today
Telangana CM KCR will meet the bereaved families of farmers who died fighting for their rights, against the Centre. A cheque of Rs 3 lakhs will be given to the families of 600 farmers belonging to Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will leave for New Delhi on Friday as part of his tour to attend national level political and social programmes, the government said.
As part of the visit, the chief minister will meet political, media and economic experts and he will extend help to the families of the martyred soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, an official release said.
The CM will also meet the bereaved families of farmers who died during the "fight for farmers’ rights" against the Centre.
As per the tour schedule, KCR, as Rao is popularly known, will meet different political party leaders in the national capital, besides interacting with noted experts to discuss the country's economic conditions.
He will hold meetings with noted national journalists also.
On May 22 afternoon, the CM will take up his Chandigarh tour. As announced earlier, he will console 600 families of farmers who laid down their lives during the nationwide farmers' agitation against the then contentious farm laws.
As financial assistance, he will distribute Rs three lakh to each family. The cheque distribution will be taken up along with Delhi and Punjab CMs Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann respectively, the release said.
