Twenty-two years after her son was killed combating terrorists in Manipur, the 80-year-old mom of Shaurya Chakra awardee Vivek Saxena has provided to return the medals and financial honours given to him.
Savitri Saxena says she is exhausted by years of working from one authorities workplace to a different over land and different advantages promised to her household after Vivek’s loss of life. She raised the problem at a grievance redressal occasion in Lucknow, the place she requested the federal government to both fulfil its guarantees or take again the honours given in her son’s identify.
Vivek, a former Assistant Commandant, was killed in motion in Manipur on January 8, 2003. He was later awarded the Shaurya Chakra and the President’s Police Medal for his bravery.
LAND PROMISE REMAINS UNFULFILLED
In accordance with Vivek’s elder brother Ranjit, the federal government had promised the household land and a memorial after his loss of life. The household says the land allotment has nonetheless not been accomplished greater than twenty years later.
The problem was taken up by then Lucknow District Justice of the Peace Raj Shekhar in 2016. Officers have been directed to look at the household’s functions and begin the method for the memorial and land allotment.
However the course of later bumped into one other hurdle. The household was requested to show that it was initially from Uttar Pradesh, Ranjit mentioned.
“We grew up right here, studied right here, and my brother’s memento is at Air Pressure Station Memora. But we have been requested to submit an affidavit stating the place our mom lived earlier than her marriage,” Ranjit informed India At present TV.
The household submitted the affidavit, however officers subsequently questioned whether or not they have been unique residents of Uttar Pradesh and informed them that the advantages couldn’t be supplied, he mentioned.
FAMILY QUESTIONS DOMICILE DEMAND
Ranjit mentioned the household later discovered an outdated receipt displaying that the Uttar Pradesh authorities had issued them a cheque for Rs 75,000 on the similar tackle.
The household questioned why they have been being requested to show their domicile when authorities information confirmed that cash had beforehand been despatched to them at that tackle.
The dispute over the household’s advantages didn’t finish there. Ranjit mentioned the household obtained the financial award linked to the Shaurya Chakra solely in 2024, greater than twenty years after Vivek’s loss of life.
He alleged that the file remained caught for months because it moved from one division to a different, with officers reluctant to finish the verification.
‘I DON’T HAVE THE STRENGTH ANYMORE’
Savitri mentioned she not has the energy at 80 to maintain visiting authorities workplaces.
She has now sought an appointment with President Droupadi Murmu and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. She has additionally requested the federal government to take again the Shaurya Chakra, medals and financial honours given to her son if the household should proceed to battle for the land promised to them.
Following her criticism, the Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace directed officers to analyze the household’s grievances and resolve them inside every week.
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(With inputs from Ankit Mishra in Lucknow)
