Overview

• Sanjay Dwivedi sent two letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 3–4 demanding formal ‘martyr’ status and state compensation for the 26 people killed in the April 22 Pahalgam attack
• Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh met the Dwivedi family in Kanpur and raised their demands during the Monsoon session of Parliament
• Singh criticized the government for months of inaction on promised financial aid and job guarantees for the victims’ families
• No official response has been issued to the August letters or to the parliamentary appeals
• Formal ‘martyr’ designation would secure compensation, job quotas and serve as an official repudiation of the Pahalgam terror strike