Despite BJP's massive win, here is why Rajnath Singh will not celebrate Holi

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that he will not celebrate Holi in view of Sukma Maoist attack that claimed lives of 12 Central Reserve Police Force jawans.

Singh arrived on Saturday to assess the situation and met the four jawans injured in the Maoist attack. The injured jawans were being treated at a private hospital in the state capital.

The home minister said that the government has decided that the compensation to kin of martyred soldiers shouldn't be less than Rs 1 crore under any circumstances.

On Saturday morning, 12 CRPF personnel were killed and four injured in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, when they were ambushed by the rebels during a road opening operation between Bhejji and Kottacheru villages. The Maoists also looted 11 rifles from the jawans killed in the two-hour long gunfight.

OneIndia News (with IANS inputs)