In the old video, Sushma Swaraj recounted how in 2015 Saudi king agreed to halt bombing in Yemen for two hours every day to facilitate the evacuation of Indians from Yemen.
As India is evacuating its citizens from war-torn Ukraine amid opposition criticism, an old video of the late Sushma Swaraj, when she was external affairs minister, is going viral on social media after BJP's Amit Malviya tweeted on Thursday. Is. The opposition intensified its attack on the government after a Karnataka student was killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine, saying the government was late in starting the evacuation process.
If Modi administration could negotiate a 2 hour ceasefire each day in Yemen to evacuate 5,000 Indians and 2,000 foreign nationals, under operation Raahat, why is to so difficult to believe that Russia indicated a safe window, in which India could move its people out of Kharkiv? pic.twitter.com/sIX99U6c51
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) March 3, 2022
Amidst the ongoing exchange of barbs, this old video of Sushma Swaraj in which she can be seen talking about Operation Rahat, which was launched by India in 2015 to evacuate Indian nationals from Yemen, has gone viral. Used to be.
"People raise questions on PM Modi's frequent foreign trips. Some people say that he lives in an airplane. What is the use of such trips? I want to address this question. These trips are not fun but personal Relationships are meant to be established and I am reaping the benefits of these strong ties,” Sushma had said.
“When the Yemen war broke out, all evacuation routes – land, air, water – were blocked. I remembered that PM Modi met the Saudi king in Brisbane and I personally asked PM Modi to stop the bombing For a week, we can evacuate our citizens. PM Modi called the Saudi king, he asked for an hour. Then the Saudi king said that he cannot do this for a week, but the operation should be done every week. The day can be stopped for two hours. I said that is enough." In the video now going viral, the former External Affairs Minister can be seen saying this.
Sushma Swaraj said, "It was such an operation that the US, UK told us that they were not able to evacuate their citizens. Only India could. That is the strength of the relationship."
The video of Sushma Swaraj is from 2018, when the minister was addressing the diaspora at the ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Singapore.
"If the Modi administration can negotiate a 2-hour ceasefire every day to evacuate 5,000 Indians and 2,000 foreign nationals to Yemen as part of Operation Rahat, why is it so hard to believe that Russia signaled a safe window, In which India can take its people out. Kharkiv?" Amit Malviya tweeted.