Seventeen people from families of the victims were brought to the guesthouse on Saturday. After the meeting, Priyanka said the Congress will provide aid of Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of the 10 deceased. She said the Uttar Pradesh government should give Rs 25 lakh compensation to each family of the deceased and the injured. Calling Priyanka’s dharna a “drama”, new BJP state unit president Swatantra Dev Singh said, “She is doing politics even after she was made to meet victims’ families. BSP chief Mayawati, meanwhile, took on the BJP government in the state and accused “negligence” on their part for the “massacre” in Sonbhadra.

Source: Indian Express July 20, 2019 22:54 UTC