NEW DELHI, 21 November 2021, (TON): The Telangana government announced ₹ 3 lakh as compensation each to the families of the 750 farmers who died while protesting against the Centre's farm laws at Delhi borders.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also demanded the central government to give ₹ 25 lakh to each of the farmers who died while protesting and withdraw all cases against the protesting farmers.
The announcement came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “the three farm laws passed by the Centre will be rolled back.”
The compensation announced by Telangana will cost the state ₹ 22.5 crore, said the chief minister, popularly known as KCR. He also requested the protest leaders to send details of the farmers who died.
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