Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said the Centre was making continuous efforts to ensure the safe return of Indians stranded amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, describing the situation as “volatile”.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday stated that the government is making continuous efforts to ensure the safe return of Indians stranded amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, describing the situation as “volatile.”
Speaking to reporters at Rambhapuri Mutt in Chikkamagaluru, Joshi said he would take up the matter with the concerned authorities in New Delhi.
“The situation there (Middle East) is very difficult. It has come to my attention that Kannada people are stranded,” he noted. Highlighting the government’s proactive monitoring, he added, “I will go to Delhi today and talk to the concerned ministers. All efforts will be made to bring back the Indians there safely.”
Referring to past evacuation operations, Joshi said, “We have successfully brought everyone back during the war in the Modi government,” while cautioning that conditions in the region remain unstable.
“Currently, the situation there is turbulent. Even flying a plane there is dangerous,” Joshi said.
“Our efforts are continuous to bring back the people there safely,” the Union Minister said, adding, “JD(S) MLC Bhoje Gowda, who is stranded in Dubai with his family, and all the passengers with him should be brought back safely.”
Meanwhile, more than 700 people from Madhya Pradesh, including two former MLAs, are stranded in the United Arab Emirates due to flight cancellations amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, an office-bearer of a travel agents’ outfit said on Sunday.
Several people from the state had travelled to the UAE for tourism and business purposes and the crisis in the region had left them stranded, Amol Kataria, chairman of the Travel Agents Federation of India’s MP unit, told PTI.
The Israeli army announced Sunday it was again launching “large-scale” strikes targeting the “heart of Tehran”. Its air force led the campaign “to establish aerial superiority and to pave the path to Tehran”.
The Israeli military also claimed it had destroyed half of Iran’s missile stockpiles.
With inputs from agencies
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