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The end of the protest came in the evening when Akhilesh met the family and offered juice to Hemraj's fasting wife Dharamwati, mother Meena Devi and cousin Narendra, offering all help to the family as well as for the development of the village.
Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh visited the family of the martyred soldier and announced that the government would give Rs 46 lakh to the family.
"We are also talking to other ministries so that the family get a petrol pump," he said.
Akhilesh promised to take steps to meet the family's demands, including development of the road for the village and take up with the Centre the allotment of a petrol pump for them.
"The family have shown the strength to face this (tragedy). We have to stand by them.
We should all support the family of Lance Naik Hemraj.We have assured that whatever demands they have made for village."
The day began with the family refusing to take "even liquid", demanding that the Army chief meet them personally and give an assurance that Hemraj's head severed by Pakistani troops last week be brought back or else they will continue the fast.
However, the family decided to end the fast after a string of leaders, including Akhilesh, Jitendra Singh and top BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh visited them and offered support.
The nation should stand behind the family of Hemraj, tit for tat with restrain,not to escalate the situation will only bring back the head of beheaded Hemraj.
The media should stop acting irresponsibly all the time in every matter and desist from goading simple people for making unreasonable demands on the governments and institution impossible to fulfill,apart from having widespread ramifications on internal governance and foreign matters.
