Suneer took oath successful the Rajya Sabha during the 2024 monsoon session. (Photo: @CPI_National/X)
Communist Party of India (CPI) MP PP Suneer connected Thursday accused the BJP-led Union authorities of enabling Israeli “war machine” by risking the lives of hopeless Indian workers. He quoted a reply fixed by the Ministry of External Affairs successful the Rajya Sabha, which said astir 12,000 retired of 32,000 Indian workers successful Israel arrived determination aft October 2023.
“The concern successful Israel-Palestine warfare portion is highly volatile. Instead of moving for bid and stableness successful West Asia, the BJP authorities is enabling the Israeli war-machine by risking the lives of hopeless Indian workers who are frustrated with the employment concern successful India,” Suneer said successful a statement.
“This effort to delight Israel is successful nonstop contradiction of India’s stated presumption of enactment to the conscionable Palestinian cause,” helium said.
Suneer said the decease toll successful Gaza has surpassed 44,000 successful a year, including Colonel Waibhav Kale (retd) from Maharashtra, a erstwhile Indian Army serviceman and UN Department of Safety and Security staffer. Despite the severity of the situation, the BJP authorities is sending much and much Indians, risking their lives,” helium said.
He besides alleged the MEA, successful a written reply to his question successful the Rajya Sabha, evaded replying to his query connected the compensation being provided by the Union authorities to the dormant and the injured.
He accused the Centre of “shirking responsibility” of their determination to nonstop Indians successful a warfare zone.
“It is wide that the BJP authorities is much acrophobic astir pleasing Israel than the information of Indians. This is unacceptable and volition beryllium protested,” helium said.
In a written reply to Suneer’s question successful the Rajya Sabha, which was tabled connected Thursday, MoS External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said that arsenic of October 2024, determination were astir 32,000 Indian workers successful Israel, retired of whom astir 12,000 Indians arrived successful Israel aft October 2023, some nether the G2G way and done backstage channels.
The MEA reply said that arsenic per the Framework Agreement and Implementation Protocols signed with Israel, Indian workers shall bask adjacent attraction with respect to labour rights arsenic Israeli citizens and shall beryllium provided with due lodging, aesculapian insurance, and applicable societal information coverage.
The ministry said that during the ongoing conflict, 2 Indian nationals person mislaid their lives – 1 successful an onslaught from Lebanon successful March 2024 and different successful Gaza successful May this year, portion 3 Indians were injured.
The reply added that the Indian Embassy successful Israel coordinates with Israeli authorities for information and information of Indians successful Israel and to guarantee due aesculapian attraction to the injured and compensation for victims.