Chandigarh, October 20, 2018: The Punjab Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leaders led by LoP Harpal Singh Cheema today visited Amritsar and expressed their solidarity and sympathy with the families of victims of Rail accident.
Cheem was accompanied by Sarabjit Kaur Manuke, Aman Arora, Amarjit Singh Sandhwan, Gurmeet Singh Meet, Baljinder Kaur(all MLAS) and loical party leaders.
Cheema said that the unfortunate rail accident was result of negligent attitude of administration. He said that rescue work in going on slow speed and the compensation of Rs.5 lakhs announced by Chief Minister is meager. He demanded Rs.One crore for each victim and a government job for the kin.He said that strict action must be taken against the guilty officers and steps should be taken so that no such incident happen in future.
Cheema said that AAP stood by the families of victims in this hour of gloom. He thanked all the local volunteers, social organisations and religious groups who have came forward to help the victim families. Sarabjit Kaurt Manuke said that people of Amritsar have shown yeoman's spirit and they have donated blood and food for the needy.
The AAP team visited Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amandip hospital and civil hospital and met the injured and wished their fast recovery.