Summary
When Kuwait was attacked in the year 1990, about two and a half lakh Indians were trapped there. The then PM VP Singh had sent Foreign Minister IK Gujral to Iraq. President Saddam Hussein hugged Gujral. The operation was started in August 1990 to ensure the safe return of two and a half lakh Indians stranded in Kuwait.
The opposition has raised many questions in front of the central government regarding the safe return of Indian students trapped in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi asked the central government, how many students have returned to India so far, how many are still trapped and what is the government’s plan for the future. Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has said, the Indian government should have put pressure on Russian President Putin in the matter of Ukraine. The Indian government should ask Russia to stop military action. Prepare a green corridor for the evacuation of Indians. When millions of Indians were trapped in Kuwait in the Gulf War, Iraqi President ‘Saddam Hussein’ helped to bring Indians from Kuwait to Amman. He had arranged buses from Baghdad. In about sixty days 1.70 lakh Indians were brought back home.
Taking danger, students are reaching the border
Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha had recently said in a statement that there are many challenges before the government. The Indian Embassy in Kyiv is now closed. In such a situation, there can be no help from there now. Indian students are reaching the border somehow by taking a risk. The Indian government should have taken Putin under pressure here. They could have had a ceasefire for two days. There India has good relations with both the countries, ie Russia and Ukraine. If the central government had put pressure on the Russian President, things could have happened. The Indian government could have asked Russia to stop military action. In international relations, there can also be a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds for some time.
On Friday, Russia’s National Center for State Defense Control issued a statement. It said that 130 buses would be run to rescue the stranded Indians in Ukraine. With the help of these buses, Indian students trapped in ‘Kharkiv and Sumy’ of Ukraine will be evacuated. However, so far no official statement has come from the Government of India in this regard. On Rahul Gandhi’s statement, BJP leader Amit Malviya said, his father Rajiv Gandhi was a pilot in Air India during the 1971 war. At that time he had gone on leave. Similarly in 1977, when the then PM Indira Gandhi lost the election, the Gandhi family lurked in the Embassy of Italy. The Central Government has told the Supreme Court that 17,000 Indians stranded in Ukraine have been evacuated so far. Efforts are on to bring back about three thousand remaining people safely home.
Saddam Hussein hugged Gujral
When Kuwait was attacked in the year 1990, about two and a half lakh Indians were trapped there. The then PM VP Singh had sent Foreign Minister IK Gujral to Iraq. President Saddam Hussein hugged Gujral. This is where India’s victory started. The operation was started in August 1990 to ensure the safe return of Indians stranded in Kuwait. The Green Corridor that was prepared, it used to reach from Kuwait to the Jordan border via Iraq. Indians were driven out inside the war-torn areas of Lebanon. However, now no country in Ukraine which is not involved in the fighting has not been able to enter. The reason is, Russia and NATO are face to face in the fight. It is a different matter that NATO forces are not in Ukraine. To rescue the Indians who are in trouble right now, it is necessary to have a ceasefire.
Expansion
The opposition has raised many questions in front of the central government regarding the safe return of Indian students trapped in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi asked the central government, how many students have returned to India so far, how many are still trapped and what is the government’s plan for the future. Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has said, the Indian government should have put pressure on Russian President Putin in the matter of Ukraine. The Indian government should ask Russia to stop military action. Prepare a green corridor for the evacuation of Indians. When millions of Indians were trapped in Kuwait in the Gulf War, Iraqi President ‘Saddam Hussein’ helped to bring Indians from Kuwait to Amman. He had arranged buses from Baghdad. In about sixty days 1.70 lakh Indians were brought back home.
Taking danger, students are reaching the border
Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha had recently said in a statement that there are many challenges before the government. The Indian Embassy in Kyiv is now closed. In such a situation, there can be no help from there now. Indian students are reaching the border somehow by taking a risk. The Indian government should have taken Putin under pressure here. They could have had a ceasefire for two days. There India has good relations with both the countries, ie Russia and Ukraine. If the central government had put pressure on the Russian President, things could have happened. The Indian government could have asked Russia to stop military action. In international relations, there can also be a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds for some time.
On Friday, Russia’s National Center for State Defense Control issued a statement. It said that 130 buses would be run to rescue the stranded Indians in Ukraine. With the help of these buses, Indian students trapped in ‘Kharkiv and Sumy’ of Ukraine will be evacuated. However, so far no official statement has come from the Government of India in this regard. On Rahul Gandhi’s statement, BJP leader Amit Malviya said, his father Rajiv Gandhi was a pilot in Air India during the 1971 war. At that time he had gone on leave. Similarly in 1977, when the then PM Indira Gandhi lost the election, the Gandhi family lurked in the Embassy of Italy. The Central Government has told the Supreme Court that 17,000 Indians stranded in Ukraine have been evacuated so far. Efforts are on to bring back about three thousand remaining people safely home.
Saddam Hussein hugged Gujral
When Kuwait was attacked in the year 1990, about two and a half lakh Indians were trapped there. The then PM VP Singh had sent Foreign Minister IK Gujral to Iraq. President Saddam Hussein hugged Gujral. This is where India’s victory started. The operation was started in August 1990 to ensure the safe return of Indians stranded in Kuwait. The Green Corridor that was prepared, it used to reach from Kuwait to the Jordan border via Iraq. Indians were driven out inside the war-torn areas of Lebanon. However, now no country in Ukraine which is not involved in the fighting has not been able to enter. The reason is, Russia and NATO are face to face in the fight. It is a different matter that NATO forces are not in Ukraine. To rescue the Indians who are in trouble right now, it is necessary to have a ceasefire.