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Only ‘chest thumping’ and ‘PR exercise’, Congress on India’s rescue operations in Ukraine

The Congress on Friday asked why India had not been able to ensure a safe passage for the stranded students in war-hit Ukraine.

Though the four Ministers of the Narendra Modi government were expected to speed up the evacuation process, they had been indulging in “chest thumping” and PR exercise, said party spokespersons Gurdeep Sappal and Shama Mohamed.

They were addressing a joint press conference at Congress head quarters in Delhi.

“You saw the video at the beginning of the press conference in which the boy is literally crying for help. But these cries of pain neither reach the Prime Minister nor his government,” said Sappal.

Congress leaders played out a video of a group of students in Sumy, a city in northeastern Ukraine, pleading for help from the Government of India and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Modi ji speaks to both Russian and Ukrainian Presidents. Has he spoken about a safe passage for our students and if yes, what is the problem to have this passage?” he asked.

The Congress leaders reiterated their party’s demand that the Union government should disclose the number of students rescued from Ukraine and how many were still stranded , especially in the zones that had seen heavy shelling and bombardment by the Russian troops.

Shama Mohamed said that though India undertook the biggest evacuation exercise of safely bringing back 1,70,000 people during the Gulf War of 1990s.

“No Minister was sent to promote the government while this was being done. No Minister asked Indians to say ‘PM Zindabad’ like today we hear students being told to say ‘Modi ji ki Jai’ after they got rescued. Is this China or North Korea that we hail our leader for doing his duty!” she asked.

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