Operation Kaveri: Amid Bharatiya Janata Party’s scathing assault on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the bungalow row, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker Sanjeev Arora praised Centre’s ‘Operation Kaveri’ and Indian Air Force’s (IAF) brave service to evacuate Indians from conflict-hit Sudan.
“We should appreciate Operation Kaveri which has been started by the Government of India to evacuate Indians from conflict-torn Sudan. I also congratulate the Air Force officers in this regard for Special Operations in Sudan,” mentioned Rajya Sabha MP Arora.
IAF carries out daring operations
Despite the airstrip at Wadi Sidna in Sudan having no navigational strategy, help or gasoline and touchdown lights (that are crucial to information an plane touchdown at evening), the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Garuda commandos carried out a brave, operated in a single day, airlift of stranded Indians. Indian Air Force rescued 121 Indian nationals from a small airstrip at Wadi Saydna close to Khartoum, Sudan throughout the ongoing battle in Sudan.
On Saturday, the sixth Operation Kaveri Flight with 365 Indian nationals on board has departed Jeddah for New Delhi. “Another flight carrying Indian evacuees departs from Jeddah to New Delhi. 365 passengers onboard this 6th outbound flight are on their way back home,” MEA official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
The Indian evacuees shouted slogans like “Bharat Mata ki jai,” and “Vande Mataram” and likewise lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for rescuing them from Sudan below Operation Kaveri.
On the evening of April 27, 28, 2023, the IAF C-130J plane rescued 121 personnel from a small airstrip at Wadi Seidna, which is about 40 km North of Khartoum, Sudan, the IAF mentioned in a press release.
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Sudan violence
Sudan is experiencing bloodshed because of clashes between the military and paramilitary forces. Even although there’s a 72-hour ceasefire, there have been allegations of violence. Fighting has erupted between troopers loyal to Sudanese military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, paramilitary Rapid Support Soldiers (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
(With ANI inputs)
