Live webcast of the 2025 Parliament Budget Session: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced that he would address the Rajya Sabha at 2:00 pm on the expulsion of “illegal” Indian migrants from the United States, amid continuing protests by the opposition.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will address the Rajya Sabha at 2:00 pm over the deportation of Indian people who are reportedly living in the United States illegally during the live parliamentary budget session. Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla asked opposition MPs to refrain from “planned disruptions” that would interfere with the House’s ability to function effectively.
“Your problem is being handled by the government. This falls within the purview of the Ministry of External Affairs. This subject pertains to a separate country. The government has taken it into consideration. Please do not intentionally disrupt the House in order to prevent it from functioning properly. “Question Hour is a crucial session where members present the issues of the people and the government responds to them,” said the Lok Sabha Speaker.
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Congress MPs KC Venugopal, Gaurav Gogoi, and Manickam Tagore filed adjournment requests to address the US government’s deportation of more than 100 Indian nationals.
The expulsion of over 100 Indian nationals is the matter at hand. On Wednesday, a US Air Force aircraft carrying Indian nationals who are suspected of having entered the country illegally touched down in Amritsar, Punjab.
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Gaurav Gogoi, the deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, asked for an adjournment to investigate the deportation of over 100 Indians by the US government, claiming that it was “carried out under conditions that are deeply distressing and humiliating.”
An adjournment motion has also been presented by Manickam Tagore, the Congress whip in the Lok Sabha, to address the “inhumane deportation of Indian Nationals by the United States…and take all necessary steps to prevent the humiliation and mistreatment of Indian nationals abroad.”
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The government’s deportation policy is criticised by the opposition.
Several opposition MPs condemned the administration for its handling of Indians who were deported from the United States and questioned how it treated them.
104 Indian immigrants who were unauthorised were deported in the first wave of the Trump administration’s campaign against illegal immigration when a US military plane carrying them landed in Amritsar on Wednesday.
According to the deportees, they were handcuffed the entire way and only unchained when they reached the airport in Amritsar.
Opposition MPs staged a protest in Parliament against the treatment by US authorities, including Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and SP leader Akhilesh Yadav. A few of the leaders took part while handcuffed.
“Your problem is being handled by the government. “The government is taking care of your issue. The Ministry of External Affairs is in charge of this. This issue relates to a separate nation. The government has thought about it. We request that you abstain from intentionally disrupting the House’s operations.The speaker of the Lok Sabha said, “Question Hour is a crucial session where members present the issues of the people and the government responds to them.”