LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath-led government of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday clarified that the state government will provide a government job to a member of the family along with financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh from the state’s coffers to the wife and dependents of the martyr of the army and paramilitary forces. 


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Keeping in line with its policy, a road in the native village will also be named after the martyr, the state government added.



The clarification from the government came after Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party alleged that the Yogi government was announcing financial assistance after considering the martyr’s caste. 


Accusing the ruling party of doing caste politics, the SP demanded similar benefits for Shaheed jawan Ashwini Yadav‘s family which resides in from Ghazipur.



Responding to it, the state government said that the martyr’s family will get these benefits as per the announced policy.


The controversy erupted after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced Rs 50 lakh for the family of Colonel Ashutosh Sharma who laid down his life in a counter-terrorist operation in Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir.


While Rs 40 lakh would be given to the Army officer’s wife, Rs 10 lakh would be given to his mother, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi told reporters.


CM Office tweeted that it has already been announced that in the case of the army and paramilitary forces 50 lakh will be given to the martyr's wife and surviving parents. A government job and village road to a member of the deceased's family will be declared in the name of the martyr. Therefore, these benefits will be given to the family of martyr soldier Ashwini Yadav of Ghazipur as per the policy of the government.


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tribute to the martyrs of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir. He took to Twitter and wrote, "Salute to the courage of Constable Ashwini Kumar Yadav, Constable C Chandrashekhar and Constable Santosh Kumar Mishra. Your sacrifice for the nation is unmatchable. All of us are proud of you. Jai Hind!"