Hundreds of HP students at Ukraine: CPI(M)
State Unit of Communist party of India (Marxist) expressed serious concern stranding of hundreds of Himachal Pradesh and thousands of Indian students in war torn Ukraine and the demanded the government immediately take diplomatic steps through official channel with the Ukrainian and Russian governments to bring all the students back to India safely, Former Mayor of Shimla MC and party district secretay Sanjay Chauhan said in a press release issued here today. He said that Indian Government should order to the Indian Embassy of Ukraine to work actively to support the students trapped in various cities and borders there so that they could be evacuated quickly and ensure that stranded students did not suffer due crisis of basic necessities there. Party said that Indian Government stated earlier that more than 20000 Indian students are doing their medical and other subjects in various universities in different cities of Ukraine. He said that shocking media reports are pouring from Ukraine that more than 15000 students are waiting to return home in different cities and borders who couldn’t reach out sofar. He said that increasing intensity of attacks by the Russian army escalated the crisis and lack of basic necessities like food, water, medicines with these students are causing them mental torture. Party said that evecuation required string diplomatic intervention to provide safe passage to Indian students as Russia intensified the attacks on capital city Kyiv and Kharkhov, owing thereby movement from these cities is not possible in mid if the war. He claimed that more than 1500 Indian students are trapped in Kharkhov. With increasing the shelling and attack students are in state of panic due to no availablity of Transport to get out of city. The government should immediately direct the Ukrainian Embassy to be in constant touch with the students trapped in Kharkhov and other cities and make proper arrangements to provide them basic needs like food, water, medicines etc. Efforts should be intensified to bring them back to India soon. Himachal Government should make sincere efforts to bring them back safely from the Ministry of External Affairs and try to take all possible steps through the embassy to the students who lack basic necessities there. Because as the possibilities of prolonging the war are increasing, the students trapped there are also lacking resources and the trouble is increasing.CPM stands with these students and their families in this hour of crisis and hopes that both countries Russia and Ukraine will take initiative to end this war and resolve this dispute and crisis diplomatically through dialogue.
