'I Am Disturbed, Disappointed at S. Jaishankar’s Statement in Parliament' | Vivek Katju

There are established procedures to identify and return undocumented migrants from one country to another. It has to be done keeping in mind their dignity says Vivek Katju, a former Indian diplomat in this podcast interview with Sidharth Bhatia.
He emphasised twice that he was “disappointed in Jaishankar’s statement” in Parliament explaining the manner in which the migrants were sent was according to American procedures. India too has a Standard Operating Procedure in taking back its nationals once they are identified. Jaishankar talked about the American SOPs, “why did he not talk about Indian ones?”
Katju says the restraint on them was not necessary and generally “military aircraft were not used, they are very uncomfortable.”
Modi is visiting the US at a time when Washington DC was “quite unsettled”. He would be discussing all manner of subjects, including tariffs and also the migrants and also the Middle-East. “I am interested in seeing the formulation in the joint statement.” He says India did not have the leverage that Canada, Mexico and China had. “But we should never be a pushover,” he emphatically says.
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