Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa handed over job appointment letters to 19 people from households affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, as a part of a broader plan to offer employment to 125 such people.
In a big transfer in the direction of delivering long-overdue justice, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Cupboard Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa distributed authorities job appointment letters to relations of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. The ceremony, held on Monday, noticed 19 people obtain their letters, with a complete of 125 riot-affected people slated to be supplied jobs.
“Below the steering of Prime Minister Modi, the Delhi authorities has issued job appointment letters to 125 people from households affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. We need to ship justice to the sufferer households,” mentioned CM Rekha Gupta through the occasion.
Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who has been actively concerned in searching for justice for the riot victims, emphasised the federal government’s dedication to supporting affected households.
The initiative follows an analogous effort by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, who distributed appointment letters to 47 survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in November 2024.
The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, which erupted following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, resulted within the deaths of hundreds of Sikhs and left many households devastated. The Delhi authorities’s latest actions intention to offer not solely employment alternatives but additionally a way of justice and closure to the affected households.
Along with job appointments, CM Gupta introduced that the Delhi authorities will begin providing pensions to those that fought in opposition to the Emergency, additional extending assist to people who’ve confronted historic injustices.
(With company inputs)