Tewari seeks GOI clarification over undocumented Indians in US
Former union minister and Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari today sought clarification from the government of India over the undocumented Indians living in the United States.
City Air News
Feb 11, 2025 06:36
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New Delhi/Chandigarh, February 11, 2025: Former union minister and Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari today sought clarification from the government of India over the undocumented Indians living in the United States.
Raising the matter in the parliament today, Tewari disclosed that there are 7.25 lakh undocumented Indians in the US. He said, of these, 24,000 are in the custody of the US government and 487 of them have been served the final deportation orders. He said, 200 of them have been positively identified as Indian citizens.
He asked the government as to whether these people would be handcuffed, shackled, and brought back in US military planes completely deprived of their basic human dignity and their human rights.
“At that point when I condemned the statement of the External Affairs minister, which sought to justify the US behaviour by saying that these were standard operating procedures, my mike was shut off”, he said.
The senior Congress leader observed that this was not a BJP-Congress issue as this is an issue which pertains to the self-respect of India.
He wished that the BJP members should have also joined him in condemning this extremely reprehensible behaviour, which has been meted out to our fellow citizens.
He said it was extremely unfortunate and regrettable that when he raised the issue of Indians who are in detention in the US and are being deported back to India in handcuffs and shackles his mike was shut off.
