BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday shared a video of a desperate Indian student stranded in Ukraine as she accused the Indian government of not extending any help. The BJP MP also took a jibe at Narendra Modi’s famous ‘aapada mein avsar’ term used during the pandemic.
In the viral video, the girl, a student of medicine, said that officials in the Indian embassy were refusing to entertain their phone calls. The unnamed girl also showed how she was repeatedly trying to reach out to one Vikram Kumar at the Indian embassy in Ukraine, but her call was getting rejected by the official. Instead, she said that students had been asked to take a train and travel 800 kms to the border.
सही समय पर सही फैसले न लिए जाने के कारण 15 हजार से अधिक छात्र भारी अव्यवस्था के बीच अभी भी युद्धभूमि में फंसे हुए है।
ठोस रणनीतिक और कूटनैतिक कार्यवाही कर इनकी सुरक्षित वापसी इन पर कोई उपकार नहीं बल्कि हमारा दायित्व है।
हर आपदा में ‘अवसर’ नही खोजना चाहिए। pic.twitter.com/6GIhJpmcDF
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) February 28, 2022
Sharing the video, Varun Gandhi wrote, “Since a right decision was not taken at the right time, more than 15,000 students are stuck in the warzone amidst the chaos. A robust diplomatic step to secure their safe return is not a favour to these students but this is our duty. We must not look for opportunity in every tragedy.”
In 2020, when the pandemic struck India and caught the Modi government napping, the Indian prime minister had urged citizens to use the human tragedy as an opportunity. Modi had to face widespread ridicule for his ‘aapada mein avsar’ term used during a global pandemic, which had a catastrophic impact on the population at large.
Meanwhile, the Indian government has decided to send four union ministers namely Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and VK Singh to Ukraine’s neighbouring countries to oversee the evacuation of Indians stranded in the region.