New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today expressed his concern for Indian students stranded in war-hit Ukraine and appealed to the government to ‘execute an urgent evacuation.’
Sharing a video of Indian students taking shelter in bunkers in east Ukraine on Twitter, he said, ‘My thoughts are with their worried family members’.
‘Visuals of Indian students in bunkers are disturbing. Many are stuck in eastern Ukraine which is under heavy attack. My thoughts are with their worried family members. Again, I appeal to GOI to execute an urgent evacuation,’ he said.
Meghna, a student from Bengaluru who has been living in a Bunker, said there are Indians from all parts of the country who were stranded in the bunker with no food, water, or even proper ventilation.
‘There are more than 15,000 students who are stuck in this country. Please evacuate us,’ Raksha, another student, said.