The death of 22-year-old Indian student, SG Naveen, in Ukraine has led to sharp remarks against the ruling BJP government by the opposition Congress.
Congress. General Secretary of Indian National Congress Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a tweet, “#UkraineRussiaWar Between 20,000 thousand Indians life is in danger every moment and you are engaged in doing all this? Whose responsibility is it to bring thousands of children safely?”
He also attached parallel screenshots of the student who was killed and Prime Minister Modi’s picture at an election rally.
Congress leader Adhir Chowdhary, in a tweet, said he was shocked by the student’s death and urged Prime Minister Modi to focus on the evacuation process rather than the Legislative Assembly elections.
Earlier a tweet from the Office of External Affairs Ministry said that “With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning,” it tweeted.
Naveen SG hailed from Haveri district in Karnataka. He was a fourth-year medical student at the Kharkiv National Medical University in Kharkiv.
“Naveen was shot dead around 10.30 am Ukrainian time today. He was standing in the queue before a grocery shop when the Russian army fired at people. We have no information about his body. None of us was able to visit the hospital, probably where it is kept now,” said Naveen’s hostel mate Sridharan Gopalakrishnan, quoted Indian Express.
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