new delhi as part of the nationwide outreach ahead of the 2024 lok sabha elections and to mark nine years in government external affairs minister s jaishankar visited the 1984 antisikh riots victims in west delhis tilak vihar on thursday the interaction sent a strong message to the families of riot victims coinciding as it did with the anniversary of operation blue star that was conducted in 1984jaishankar stopped at the house of ganga kaur who had lost her father in the riots that followed in the wake of the assassination of former pm indira gandhi there were around 15 members of families affected by the violence waiting for him in a hall inside the housespeaking about the outreach jaishankar said that he wanted to listen to the grievances of the families and see what could be done to assist them if we can help them it will be a blessing for us said the minister we listened to the problems of the riot victims and have assured them that all their problems will be addressedatma singh lubana who had lost his brother and uncle in the communal frenzy said we told the minister that in 2006 we were promised a member from every violenceaffected family would be given a government job but that hasnt yet been fulfilled our second request was that the affected families should not be charged for the consumption of electricity and waterlubana added we also told him that ownership rights should be granted to the family to whom houses were allocated after partition and that the ownership should be changed from leasehold to freehold he said jaishankar promised to look into these demandsalong with west delhi mp parvesh sahib singh verma and delhi unit president virendra sachdeva jaishankar spent a busy day during the outreach its special aim being to highlight the achievements of prime minister narendra modis government he had earlier met sikhs who had returned to india from afghanistanin the evening at basai darapur also in west delhi he met the family of ansh tyagi who was evacuated from wartorn ukraine by the government last year our government had arranged for a bus to take us to poland from where we were flown home i am grateful to the government said tyagi the minister enquired about the evacuation process and asked if the facilities provided by the government had reached us through the indian embassyjaishankar then met eminent persons including photographer narendra bedi and lieutenant general sk gulati retd at their residences in rajouri garden he then met bjps social media influencers to whom he advised you should use your influence to tell the people of the achievements of the modi government and to inform them about indias growing stature across the worldhe concluded the day by meeting senior bjp workers in tagore garden before having dinner at the residence of former mayor prithviraj sahni in janakpuriearlier in the day bjp held press briefings to highlight the central governments successes mp verma said