Overview

• Saying the state must support survivors, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced the jobs in the Haryana Assembly during the monsoon session.
• He asked each affected household to mutually decide a beneficiary and submit the name via the district Deputy Commissioner to the Chief Secretary.
• Saini cited official figures of 121 people killed and 58 injured in Haryana in 1984, with extensive arson targeting gurdwaras, homes, shops, factories, trains and vehicles.
• Implementation details, including eligibility criteria and timelines for appointments, have not yet been issued by the administration.
• Coverage linked the move to Delhi’s earlier distribution of job appointment letters to similar families and quoted political watchers who viewed it as BJP outreach ahead of Punjab’s 2027 elections.