KCR to meet the family members of Col Santosh Babu

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Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao will be going to Suryapet and will meet the family members of Col Santosh Babu who has sacrificed his life for the sake of protecting the Indian borders.

CM will handover the 5 crore cheque, papers for land and also a job for Santoshi the wife of Col Santosh Babu.

Earlier KCR announced that the state government would extend all help to family of Col Santosh Kumar who was martyred in the clashes with China troops in the Galwan valley. The CM has announced help to the family members of Col Santosh Kumar. The state government will give Rs 5 Crore cash to the family, besides a residential plot, Group 1 Job for his wife.

The CM also said that for the other 19 Martyred army men in the same incident, the state government would give Rs 10 lakh each through the Union Defence Ministry.

“The entire country should stand by the Military personnel guarding our country’s borders. We have to support those Martyred in their line of duty and help personnel’s family members. With such acts, one should instill self-confidence among the army personnel and security to the family members. We have to send a message that the entire country is with them. The Central government extends help to those martyred. But the states should also to extend their help.

It is only then that the army personnel and their family members would have confidence that the country is standing by them. Exhibit the symbol of unity. Though there are problems with the Corona Virus, one should cut expenditure somewhere and work for welfare of the defence forces,” the CM said this while interacting in Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi’s videoconference.

The CM opined that there should not be any hastiness following clashes that arisen between Indo-China armies at the Border. However, there is no need to bow our head as far as our country’s interests are concerned. The CM suggested to the PM to pursue long-term and short-term strategies to counter China. The CM also made it clear that on this issue, the state government would stand by the central government. Sri KCR said that what we require now is Ran neethi (War strategy) but not Raj Neethi (Political strategy/Politicisation).

The CM felt that China became jealous that there is stable and strong governance in the country and the country is becoming a very strong economic force to reckon with and hence the provocation from its side. The CM also announced the help state government is extending to Martyr Col Santosh Kumar’s family.

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