Rahul Gandhi on video of Indians in Ukraine: ‘Can’t abandon our own people’
With thousands of Indians trapped in Ukraine in the midst of the worst crisis in Europe in decades, Congress Parliament Rahul Gandhi again raised the problem on Twitter asking the government to “urgently share the planned evacuation planned with those who were stranded and their families”. “My heart goes to Indian students who suffer from such violence and their families watch this video. There are no parents to go through this. The Indonesian government must immediately share a detailed evacuation plan with stranded and their families. We cannot leave our own People (sic), “Gandhi wrote.
He shared a video that seemed to catch the commotion on the Ukrainian border when the guards were seen pushing several people. “Listen, how did they struggle the girls,” a man sounded said. Tens of thousands of people had escaped from Ukraine since Thursday when Russia began a full-scale invasion. More than 350 civilians have died, said Kyiv.
According to reports, videos – distributed by Gandhi – showed some Indian students harassed when they tried to cross to Poland. Poland said that Indian students would not need a visa to enter the country.
Because Ukraine Airspace was still closed, the central government last week crashed into an alternative evacuation plan with the help of the Republic of Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The government, in a statement told students not to reach the border points without coordinating with the relevant officials.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a key meeting about the Ukrainian crisis. The source said the foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla gave a presentation to the prime minister about the current situation in Ukraine with a special focus on evacuation operations. About 2,000 Indians have been brought back in the midst of evacuation efforts, the government said on Sunday.
