Amid reports of US demoting migrants to India, Punjab NRI Affairs minister says ‘govt is with them’

Talking to The Indian Express connected Tuesday, Dhaliwal said, “We person not got immoderate accusation yet arsenic to however galore from Punjab are being deported. However, I privation to accidental that it is simply a relief. It is amended that they are coming backmost home. I had been surviving successful the US earlier I came backmost to India. I cognize the jails there. Jails volition beryllium a immense punishment for them. Our youths volition beryllium shattered if they are enactment successful the jails there. It is amended that they travel backmost home.”

Dhaliwal said helium would constitute to the Ministry of External Affairs connected Tuesday urging the authorities to instrumentality up the contented with the US truthful that amerciable immigrants are sent backmost location alternatively than enactment successful jails.

“I privation to convey a connection to these Punjabis that the authorities is with them. I volition instrumentality it up with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann successful the Cabinet gathering connected February 10 that we should instrumentality it up with the banks to waive disconnected the involvement of those who took loans to spell to the US”.

“Some person taken loans of Rs 25 to Rs 30 lakh to spell to the US. It volition beryllium hard for them to wage the indebtedness backmost erstwhile they are back. I volition besides clasp a gathering with the banks. There should beryllium a moratorium connected the involvement arsenic the youths would person to settee down first, look for jobs and past wage back. I americium a husbandman myself. I cognize however hard it is to wage backmost if 1 is incapable to wage an instalment.”

The curate besides said they recognise that the deportation would beryllium a immense occupation for the younker and their parents. “We volition not permission immoderate chromatic unturned to rehabilitate them. We volition assistance them arsenic overmuch arsenic we can. We volition formulate a policy. Those returning would person to commencement working.”

He said the enactment would commencement connected Tuesday itself. “We person been engaged with the Delhi elections each this while. We person returned lone past evening. We volition commencement taking banal of the concern from today.”

The curate besides said the details of the formation are awaited. “We volition cognize however galore Punjabis are connected board. I americium conscionable seeking the details. We volition person to enactment hard to assistance these people. We are connected the job.”

Punjab Chief Minister Mann, who had besides been campaigning successful Delhi for the past respective days, is backmost successful Chandigarh, and called a gathering of elder superintendents of Police (SSPs) astatine noon.

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