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Pension for victims of JP movement

Patna: The Bihar Government has decided to grant pension to those who were jailed during the Jai Prakash Narain-led movement which culminated in the fall of Indira Gandhi regime and installation of the first non-Congress dispensation at the Centre.

Those killed during the 1974-77 movement would be treated as martyrs and their families too would be given pension, State Home Secretary Afzal Amanullah said here on Saturday.

A four-member committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has been constituted to chalk out the modalities.

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