Expressing discontentment over the Centre’s handling of abducted Indians in violence ravaged Iraq, Congress Deputy leader in the lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday sought a status report on the situation.
“Extraordinary situations call for extraordinary responses, and we don’t see the government having done anything extraordinary so far to handle this situation,” he said.
“Sitting back with fingers crossed and waiting the situation to keep on unfolding itself without any intent of intervention is not what we expect from the government,” Punjab’s former chief minister said.
“For the last one week since the crisis erupted in Iraq, the only thing the government has been doing is doling out the daily dose of assurances which have now started sounding hollow as nothing appears to being done on the ground level,” Amritsar MP said, in a statement.
He said: “We need to know what has government done to identify the total number of people stranded there, their locations and what strategy has been adopted for their safe evacuation.”
“The families are worried and concerned and all they are told is that their kith and kin are safe. Now they have started doubting the government claims about the safety of their relatives,” he said.