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Sushma Swaraj confirm killing of 39 Indian labourers in Iraq
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has confirmed the killing of 39 Indian labourers, mostly from Punjab, at the hands of Daesh (IS) who were stranded in Mosul (Iraq) since 2014.
Giving a statement in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Swaraj said that the bodies of the deceased were exhumed and DNA samples sent for forensic test. The relatives of the 39 Indians were made to undergo DNA test last year. The Iraqi authorities have confirmed the identity of the dead bodies. They were kidnapped by ISIS in Mosul in 2014.
Among the dead, 31 belong to Punjab, 4 to Himachal Pradesh while the remaining four belong to Bihar and West Bengal. Government will send a special aircraft for bringing the dead bodies with proper documentation along with their identities.
Until October last year, both India and Iraq could not confirm the deaths of the 39 abducted Indian labourers. Sushma Swaraj had been reiterating that she cannot declare the abducted people dead until confirmation from the concerned authorities in Iraq. She said, “It is a sin to declare a person dead without concrete evidence. I will not do this sin.”
Read More: Won’t commit sin by declaring missing Indians in Iraq dead without evidence: Sushma Swaraj
Iraq’s foreign minister Ibrahim al-Jafri, while visiting India in July last year said, The Iraq government does not have any confirmed information regarding the 39 Indians lost in Iraq. Even, we do not have any information regarding the mortgaged Indian workers. There is no information that whether they are dead or alive.”
Read More: Iraqi Government Has No Clue of 39 Missing Indians
Earlier Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has given wrong information. Former foreign minister Shashi Tharoor had also questioned, “Why is the government trying to misguide the nation? Why did Sushma Swaraj give false information regarding the lost Indians? Since last 2 years, the government is saying that they are kept in the jail of Iraq. This is all false information.”
Read More: India intensifies search for 39 missing Indians in Iraq through DNA samples
Mosul was captured by Daesh (IS) terrorists in June 2014 defeating Iraqi Army. Around the same time there were unconfirmed reports of killing of 39 Indian construction labourers. But due to lack of accessibility to the captured areas, Iraqi government could not confirm or deny the reports. The city was recaptured by Iraqi forces after a year-long operation in July 2017.
Iraq, Syria, Iran and Russia have been alleging that Daesh terrorists were financed and supported by Israel, US and their regional allies. Huge devastations and mass killings were caused by the terror group in Iraq And Syria since 2011. Iranian military advisors, Hezbollah fighters, Mobilization forces and Iraqi army have jointly defeated Daesh (IS) terrorists and most of the territories were re-captured.
In December last year, Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi had announced that the fight against Daesh (IS) was ended after three years of combat operations droving the extremists from all the territory they once held.
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Amit Shah accuses Congress of preserving Article 370 for 70 years
Shah was addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh where he said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party preserved Article 370 for 70 years, due to which terrorism in the country increased.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attacked Congress on Sunday for preserving Article 370 of the Constitution, due to which terrorism increased in the country. He further added that BJP will never let another division of the country happen. Shah was addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh where he said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party preserved Article 370 for 70 years, due to which terrorism in the country increased.
Addressing the people Shah said they had made Modiji the prime minister for the 2nd time and he abrogated Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019. He compared the situation to earlier times in the valley, when the Army had to be taken along for hoisting the tricolour, at that same Lal Chowk (Jammu and Kashmir) to the situation now when the shobhayatra of Lord Krishna is being taken out. The rally was organised to garner support for B P Saroj, the BJP candidate from the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency in Jaunpur.
Shah further added that the divisive policies of the Congress want to divide the country again but BJP will never let that happen again. The Union Home Minister accused the grand old party of spreading lies that if PM Modi comes to power for a 3rd time at the centre then he will abolish reservation.
Shah Pointed out that the prime minister has been in majority for the last 10 years and he did not use it to abolish reservation. Shah said, he wanted to ask (SP chief) Akhilesh Yadav and (Congress leader) Rahul Gandhi that when their government was in power for 10 years, what did Uttar Pradesh get in that period? The UPA government gave Rs 4.9 lakh crore to Uttar Pradesh in 10 years as compared to the NDA government which gave Rs 19.11 lakh crore.
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Arvind Kejriwal says BJP started Operation Jhaadu to crush AAP
The Delhi chief minister alleged BJP has started Operation Jhaadu so that they do not grow big and become a challenge to them
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged BJP has started Operation Jhaadu to crush the Aam Aadmi Party since its popularity among the people is rising too fast. Kejriwal was addressing Aam Aadmi Party workers at the party office in New Delhi where he claimed the AAP’s bank accounts would be frozen after elections and they will be brought on the roads and left without an office.
The Delhi chief minister alleged BJP has started Operation Jhaadu so that they do not grow big and become a challenge to them. He further added that through Operation Jhaadu, AAP’s big leaders will be arrested; they are being arrested, and in the coming days, Aam Aadmi Party’s bank accounts will be frozen.
Kejriwal pointed out that ED’s lawyer has already given this statement in court that soon after the election, AAP’s bank accounts will be frozen. He said that if they freeze their accounts now, then AAP will get sympathy. As a result after the election, ED will freeze AAP’s bank accounts. He said AAP’s party office will be cleared out, and the party will be brought to the streets. Kejriwal said these are the 3 plans made by the BJP.
The Delhi chief minister claimed that no gold or money has been recovered from him, and the BJP, by creating false cases has got AAP leaders arrested. Kejriwal recalled that since the time he came to power in 2015, many allegations had been against him by the BJP. He said after the liquor policy scam has happened people are asking them if the scam happened then where is the money. He pointed out that in other places, when raids happen, notes and gold are recovered, but here nothing was found. Kejriwal asked the people that where is all the money? He said BJP had made fake cases and arrested AAP leaders.
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PM Modi says Congress is the mother of corruption, party was involved in coal and 2G scams
PM Modi said, Congress and JMM know nothing about development and their only job is to speak lies, loudly, again and again, and everywhere, their only objective is to do an the X-ray of poor people’s wealth and steal it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur on Sunday (May 19) amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024. While addressing the election rally in Jamshedpur PM Modi said, people’s excitement told him what result will come on June 4 in Jamshedpur.
He recalled the time when he used to work as a BJP party worker for many years and used to ask people at that time they would come at 10 or 11 am to attend an election rally. But today he was witnessing a huge crowd here. The prime minister thanked all of them and said Lok Sabha election decides and strengthens the future of the country.
During a public rally in Jamshedpur, PM Modi said, Congress and JMM know nothing about development and their only job is to speak lies, loudly, again and again, and everywhere, their only objective is to do an the X-ray of poor people’s wealth and steal it. He further accused the Congress and JMM of snatching the reservation of SC and ST and the party leaders of the two parties are continuously abusing Modi every day. He asked if they are not able to think beyond this? He said the whole country has realised their truth.
PM Modi said, Congress and their ally parties, wherever they have governments, he challenged those chief ministers and this is not his political statement. The prime minister said Congress’s Shehzada keeps opposing business industries, businessmen and investments.
PM Modi asked which businessman will go and invest in those states? What will happen to the youths of those states? He said all investors who come to him and say that they would not go to these states because of their ideology against them. He said businessmen are verbally abused there and investors are forced to think that since Shehzada has this kind of thoughts, his ally parties would have the same thoughts as well. PM Modi added Congress is the mother of corruption and party was involved in coal and 2G scams as well
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