Nueva Delhi: the president of Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge, criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday for the Deportation of Indian citizens From the United States, questioning the claims of the prime minister of a “close friendship” with former president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Kharge expressed concern about the supposed inhuman treatment of deportees, arguing that India could have organized their own flight to take them home.
“Prime Minister Modi has gone there (we) will talk about it. PM Modi continues to say that he can solve anything because the United States is our friend and things would be resolved … people come and go, but a nation is permanent …. … This means that Prime Minister Modi’s friend is treating our people as slaves … We could have sent our flight to bring them back, “he said.
The head of the Congress also questioned the mode of deportation, claiming that individuals were transported unworthy.
“Instead of sending them to a regular passenger flight, why were they sent on a flight of goods? This means that Prime Minister Modi’s friend is treating our people as slaves. We could have sent our flight to bring them back.” Kharge added.
Previously, the main leader of Congress, P Chidambaram, also criticized the Government of the NDA, accusing the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) not to handle the deportation problem effectively. He argued that the government was aware of planned deportations, but did little to avoid the abuse reported.
He questioned whether the Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar, had expressed concerns regarding the deportation process when he met with the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. Chidambaram also said that the government knew that the exact number of Indians was deported and that they would be restricted with wives and strings.
In addition, he asked if the government had offered to send its own plane to recover deported citizens and if the United States would take similar measures for the 483 most identified Indians as illegal immigrants.
The controversy broke out after a United States Air Force plane that transported 104 Indian nationals, who had allegedly entered the United States, came to Amritsar, Punjab, on February 5.
The opposition parties have strongly criticized the government both inside and outside Parliament, claiming that deported individuals were subjected to inhuman treatment aboard an American military plane and were “mistreated and handcuffed.”
