‘Centre should offer ₹5 lakh compensation to families of COVID-19 victims’

Congress slams Union government for its submissions in Supreme Court over ex gratia to families of COVID-19 victims

Congress leaders want the Union government to offer at least ₹5 lakh compensation to each of the families that lost its loved ones to the COVID-19 pandemic. The party welcomed Supreme Court’s criticism of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), of which Prime Minister is the ex officio chairperson, for ‘failing to perform its duty’ to recommend ex gratia for families of those who had lost their loved ones to COVID-19. Addressing mediapersons in Kalaburagi on July 1, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson and Chittapur MLA Priyank Kharge and former minister Sharan Prakash Patil said that the apex court had been pulling up the NDA government and reminding it of its duties throughout the health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.