Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the deportations of Indian nationals from the US who had been allegedly dwelling there illegally, and questioned the PM’s claims of a ‘shut relationship’ with US President Donald Trump.
Talking to ANI, Kharge raised considerations in regards to the inhumane therapy of deportees and harassed that India might have as an alternative despatched its personal flight to carry them residence.
“PM Modi has gone there (US), he’ll speak about it. PM Modi retains saying that he can resolve something as a result of the US is our buddy and issues can be solved. Folks come and go however a nation is everlasting. As a substitute of considering in favour of the nation, PM Modi retains saying that Trump is his buddy. If Trump actually listens to PM Modi, then why are they deporting our folks?” he mentioned.
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“As a substitute of sending them on an everyday passenger flight, why had been they despatched on a items flight. This implies PM Modi’s buddy is treating our folks like slaves. We might have despatched our flight to carry them again,” Kharge added.
Earlier, Congress chief P Chidambaram slammed the NDA authorities over the difficulty and mentioned that the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) “crumbled badly” in dealing with the deportation of Indian nationals from the US.
He mentioned that the federal government had details about the deliberate deportation of Indian nationals and requested if Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had raised the difficulty of sending Indians, recognized as unlawful immigrants by the US, below SoPs when he met US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
The Congress chief additional added that the federal government was conscious of the variety of Indians to be deported below SoP, with handcuffs and legs tied with ropes. He requested if the federal government had supplied to ship its personal aircraft to carry again Indians and can the federal government ship planes to carry again 483 extra Indians recognized as unlawful immigrants by the US.
Notably, on February 5, a US Air Drive aircraft carrying Indian residents who “illegally immigrated” to the US arrived in Amritsar, Punjab. A complete of 104 Indian nationals had been on board the aircraft that landed in Amritsar.
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Opposition events slammed the federal government each inside and outdoors Parliament, alleging that the deported Indians had been introduced in an “inhuman method” on a US army aircraft and claiming that they had been “ill-treated and handcuffed.”
