Within two hours after Rahul Gandhi reiterated in a video message that no money had been given to the family of Agniveer Ajay Kumar, the clarification was provided.
In a late-night post on Wednesday, the Army made it clear that Agniveer Ajay Kumar’s family had received ₹ 98.39 lakh within hours of Rahul Gandhi accusing Rajnath Singh of having “lied” to parliament about the family receiving ₹ 1 crore in compensation.
Twitter link – X.com/adgpi/status/1808541708248101276 is the link.
The Army said in a post on X that it honors the Agniveer’s supreme sacrifice and that “certain posts on Social Media have brought out that compensation hasn’t been paid to the Next of Kin of Agniveer Ajay Kumar who lost his life in the line of duty.”
“The final ceremonies were performed with the utmost military honors. The family of Agniveer Ajay has already received ₹ 98.39 lakhs of the total sum owed. Ex – Gratia and other benefits, as applicable under the terms of the Agniveer Scheme, in the sum of around 67 lakhs will be paid on Final Account Settlement as soon as the necessary police verification is completed. About ₹1.65 Cr will be the whole payment, the Army continued.
Rajnath Singh’s office reposted the Army’s statement, stating, “Indian Army is committed for the welfare of Agniveers.”
