Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ajay Bhatt has written to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat requesting financial aid for families of journalists who died due to COVID-19.

In the letter, Bhatt has asked if a ruling could be passed wherein financial aid could be given -- under the COVID-19 Act, besides the Chief Minister Relief Fund and the Journalist Welfare Committee -- to the families of journalists who have succumbed due to the coronavirus infection.