India To Provide Free Rations To 800 Jobless Citizens Starving In Saudi Arabia, Thanks To Sushma Swaraj
Hundreds of Indians rendered unemployed in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah were given free food items by the Indian embassy on Saturday, thanks to the efforts of Sushma Swaraj.
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Earlier, the External Affairs Minister in a series of tweets, had assured all the unemployed workers in Saudi Arabia that nobody would go to bed starving. Swaraj had also said that free ration would be provided to them by the Indian embassy in Riyadh.
Large number of Indians have lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The employers have not paid wages closed down their factories. /1
¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 30, 2016
As a result our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are facing extreme hardship. /2
¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 30, 2016
While situation in Kuwait is manageable, matters are much worse in Saudi Arabia./3
¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 30, 2016
We have asked @IndianEmbRiyadh to provide free ration to the unemployed Indian workers in Saudi Arabia. /4
¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 30, 2016
My colleagues @Gen_VKSingh will go to Saudi Arabia to sort out these matters and @MJakbar will take up with Kuwait and Saudi authorities./5
¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 30, 2016
I assure you that no Indian worker rendered unemployed in Saudi Arabia will go without food. I am monitoring this on hourly basis.
¡ª Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 30, 2016
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Her response came following a tweet by a man who said around 800 Indians were starving for the last three days in Jeddah and sought her intervention. "I assure you that no Indian worker rendered unemployed in Saudi Arabia will go without food. I am monitoring this on hourly basis," she said in a tweet.
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Hundreds of Indians have been stranded in the country, grappling with unemployment. These factory workers have not been paid wages since the last six months and eventually the factories have been shut down. With no money to make their ends meet, the workers are forced to beg for survival.
In her tweet, the minister also said that BJP leader VK Singh would visit the country soon to resolve the issue. Meanwhile, MJ Akbar would visit Kuwait, where a similar situation exists.
