BHUBANESWAR: Odisha minister Prithviraj Harichandan said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs are making an all-around effort to evacuate Indian citizens from the West Asia conflict zone, assuring that not a single person will be left behind.Speaking about the ongoing crisis in West Asia, Harichandan said the government has put comprehensive plans in place and that the evacuation process is proceeding as scheduled.
“The Prime Minister and specifically the Ministry of External Affairs is making an all-around effort to evacuate Indian citizens. The government has planned, and everything is on schedule. Not a single person will be left behind,” Harichandan said.He further said that the Odisha chief minister has held discussions with the Ministry of External Affairs regarding the evacuation of residents of the state from the conflict-affected region.“The chief minister has discussed the same matter with the External Affairs Ministry. Shortly, the people who belong to our state will be coming back to our state,” he said.Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita said the government remains in close contact with Indian embassies abroad, and any official decision from the Ministry of External Affairs would be communicated through formal channels.US-Israel joint military strikes on Iran led to the death of the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his family on Sunday.Following the strikes, Iran launched a wave of strikes, using drones and missiles targeting multiple arab countries in the region, as a retaliatory action by the Islamic Republic. (With agency inputs)
