Gujarat Congress demands martyrs status for Covid victims; will build online memorial, take out Nyay Yatra

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress today in a press conference here announced its Nyay Yatra “with the aim of giving justice to those who died due to Covid-19”.

President of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee MLA Amit Chavda today informed that Gujarat congress will conduct Nyay Yatra starting from today on 16th August for next two months to reach out to each city, village and street in the state.

He said that the deaths due to Covid-19 pandemic happened due to culpable negligence of the government in Gujarat. He added that the compensation of Rs 4 lakh is the right of the family members of those who died due to Covid-19 and they should receive that amount. The government job should be provided to any one family member of the deceased person who had a government job. A fair investigation of the culpable negligence and management should be done. The lakhs of rupees spent for paying the bills of private hospitals should be also reimbursed to such families. He said that they will go among the people with these four points.

He mentioned about the initiative of virtual memorial of those who died due to Covid-19 by Gujarat congress. He said that they are going to launch a virtual memorial for those who died due to Covid-19 similar to the memorials built for martyrs to give them the status of martyrs. It will be launched in their memories to give a tribute to them. He added that they will collect the information of all the deceased persons and take it to the virtual platform. Their karyakarta will visit such families, console them and collect the details. A report will be prepared based on those details and the virtual memorial will be created as per that, he informed. DeshGujarat