New Delhi:
The opposition parliamentarians attacked the Government on Thursday for the deportation of the United States of 104 illegal Indian immigrants, demanding a discussion in the Parliament about its “inhuman” treatment, which included chaining weapons and legs while in an American military plane That came to Amritsar last night.
A multitude of opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of Congress, and the head of the Samajwadi party, Akhilesh Yadav, gathered outside the main door of the Parliament building with banners that shout ‘human, not prisoners’ and With your hands in your hands.
The main complaint is the use of shackles and military planes to send to the deportees; Previously, the United States used rented passenger airplanes to deport illegal immigrants, which were not handcuffed. The use of military aircraft has been seen as President Donald Trump sending a “strong message.”
The Trump administration has increasingly changed the military to help carry out its immigration agenda, using military aircraft to deport migrants and open military bases to house them.
According to reports, there are more than 20,000 undocumented Indians in the United States.
Opposition shackles, chain protests
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were postponed until noon after the parliamentarians of the Congress, the Samajwadi party, the trinamool, the AAM AADMI party and the Communist Party of India, all the postponement notices under rule 267, which requires that The camera is reserved. scheduled business.
All these notices were rejected, causing furious reactions of opposition legislators, many of whom were in their seats and shouted their protests. In the loaded verbal confrontation that followed, Rajya Sabha vice president, Harivansh Narayan Singh, eliminated the comments of the album parliamentarians.
#LOOK | The parliamentarians of the opposition parties, including Lok Sabha Lop and the deputy of the Congress Rahul Gandhi, the national president of Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge, the head of the Samajwadi party, Akhilesh Yadav, hold a protest outside the Parliament on the subject of the Deportation of alleged illegal Indian … Pic.twitter.com/aucpbbeok1q
– ANI (@ani) February 6, 2025
And in the Lok Sabha, President Om Birla tried to pacify parliamentarians who protest pointing out the way in which deportees had been transported was a matter of foreign policy of the United States. “The foreign country also has its own rules and regulations …” he said before postponing the house.
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Without flinching, the opposition continued to protest; The deputy of Congress Gaurav Gogoi criticized the deportation process as “degrading”, and his colleague, Renuka Chowdhury, said: “For 40 hours … These Indians were handcuffed, they had the legs chained and even fought to use the bathroom.”
In a separate notice, Congress manickam tagore urged the Minister of Foreign Affairs, S JAISHANKAR to make a statement clarifying the government’s position and detailing the steps taken to address the issue.
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Mr. Jaishankar is expected to make that statement in Rajya Sabha at 2pm.
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The sources told NDTV that the government is considering a new law for the security of migrants.
Akhilesh Yadav, meanwhile, criticized the Ministry of External Affairs for not “protecting children and women from this lack of respect.” “We want the government to respond to this …”, he told journalists.
#LOOK | The head of the Samajwadi party, Akhileh Yadav, says: “Those who showed the dream of making India Vishwaguru, why are they silent now? Indian citizens are deported to India when they are handcuffed as slaves and under conditions Inhumas. What is the Ministry of External Affairs … https://t.co/bkpmxi54xv pic.twitter.com/1ugjar98Gy
– ANI (@ani) February 6, 2025
Concerted attacks are also a calculated movement to interrupt both houses and govern the Bharatiya Janata party in front of Primee Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in the Upper House after 4 pm Modi spoke at Lok Sabha last night and pronounced an attack (expected) Total to their political rivals.
The (deportation) and the attacks also arrive days before Mr. Modi visits the United States; The prime minister is scheduled to travel to Washington, DC, to meet with Trump on February 12.
The management of illegal immigrants was among the key issues that India and the United States have argued since Trump assumed the position last month and is expected to arise during these conversations with Modi.
Deportation flights to Colombia
Deportation flights, which have begun to follow Trump, signing a controversial order to enforce their hard line agenda. Hundreds have already been sent to other countries, including Colombia.
The first flights to the South American country were also the US military planes in which the deportees were also chained, which caused furious protests of Colombian president Gustavo Petro, who refused to let more flights of these flights in his country. Trump responded by slapping 25 percent tariffs on Colombia, who has now agreed to send airplanes from its Air Force To bring their citizens back.
Meanwhile, deportation flights have also been scheduled for Guatemala; President Bernardo Arevalo said his country will accept 40 percent more flights from the United States.
Read | American military plane bringing Indians deported by Trump lands in Amritsar
The American military plane that returns to Indian citizens, whom Delhi has said that he will accept after verify .
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