Congress MP KC Venugopal on Tuesday (February 6), expressed issues over the dying of Indian college students overseas and requested the federal government to launch an investigation if there have been any “hate crime” angle to the incidents. Raising a “matter of serious concern” in the course of the Zero Hour within the Rajya Sabha, Venugopal mentioned that in accordance to latest info shared by the External Affairs Minister within the Lok Sabha, a staggering 403 Indian college students have misplaced their lives in overseas international locations since 2018.
“Sir (Chair), this is not a number…families devastated, dreams shattered and futures extinguished,” he mentioned.
Vanugopal cited the data supplied by the minister, and mentioned that Canada topped the list with 91 incidents, adopted by the United Kingdom with 48 instances.
In the United States, 4 Indian or Indian-origin college students misplaced their lives in January this yr.
What did Venugopal say?
“This quantity calls for our quick consideration and collective efforts to guarantee the protection of Indian college students those that are learning overseas. We should ask whether or not a few of these instances the truth is (are) hate crimes. I urge the federal government to conduct a radical investigation into every case to decide if hate crimes are a contributing issue. It is important to handle the foundation causes of this rise in violence,” he mentioned.
“The government must engage in robust diplomatic efforts with the countries where our students are studying,” Venugopal added.
The Congress chief additionally made a case for establishing a complete information system to precisely observe and report incidents involving Indian college students abroad.
(With PTI inputs)
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