Mosul victim's wife wants to meet WB CM for government-job
Distraught with the news of her husband's death in Mosul, Dipali Tikadar now only wants to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to seek a government job. Dipali's husband Samar Tikadar was kidnapped along with 38 other Indians in Iraq in 2014 by Islamic State. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced in Parliament on Tuesday that all 39 men were dead.
I will inform CM about my poor financial condition: Tikadar
"When I meet the CM, I will tell her about my poor financial condition and appeal for a government job. I think she will understand my situation," Tikadar, a mother of two, said. "I thought after Samar returns, our days of hardship would be over. But now, I don't know what to expect from life," the 35-year-old woman said.
"Want government job to arrange money for children's education"
Her son Sudip is making preparations for Class X board exams and daughter Sharmistha is a Class 4 student. "I want a government job so that I can arrange money for my children's education," Tikadar said. The tin shed over her mud house in Nadia district, along the Indo-Bangladesh border, is also in need of immediate repair, but Tikadar says she has no money.
I am too depressed to handle the situation: Dipali Tikadar
"I get Rs. 4,800 as an Integrated Child Development Service worker. It is not enough to run a family. Please do some arrangements to take me to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee," she pleaded. Dipali Tikadar is not even keen on visiting Kolkata airport to receive her husband's remains as she said she is too depressed to handle the situation.
