‘Defaming Punjab’: CM Bhagwant Mann Slams Centre Over US Deportation Flights Touchdown In Amritsar – News18
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday questioned the doubtless touchdown of one other aircraft carrying unlawful Indian immigrants on the Amritsar airport as he hit out on the Centre, accusing it of making an attempt to defame Punjab.
A flight carrying as many as 119 unlawful Indian immigrants from the US is more likely to land at Amritsar airport at round 10 pm on February 15 (File)
US unlawful immigrants deportation: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday accused the central authorities of intentionally choosing Amritsar as doubtless the touchdown level of one other flight carrying deported Indian immigrants from the US, saying that the federal government is making an attempt to defame Punjab.
Reportedly, a second batch of 119 unlawful Indian immigrants within the US is more likely to be deported in a US aircraft that can land at Amritsar airport on February 15, as a part of an enormous crackdown by the Donald Trump administration.
This comes days after the primary batch of 104 Indian immigrants have been flown again to India in a US army plane final week. The deportees have been handcuffed throughout the flight which created an uproar within the nation, together with within the political corridors.
Amongst these 119 immigrants, 67 hail from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, eight from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two every from Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and one every from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, the official sources mentioned as quoted by information company PTI.
Whereas addressing a press convention, Mann mentioned, “The BJP-led Centre at all times discriminates in opposition to Punjab. It doesn’t let go of any probability of defaming Punjab.”
VIDEO | A US aircraft carrying 119 unlawful immigrants is more likely to land at Amritsar airport on February 15, the second such batch of Indians deported by the Trump authorities as a part of a crackdown it resolved to hold out when it was sworn in final month. The aircraft is predicted to… pic.twitter.com/vFcwxYghoq— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) February 14, 2025
He mentioned that the primary US aircraft carrying unlawful Indian immigrants had 33 folks from Haryana and Gujarat every and 30 from Punjab.
“It’s being mentioned that out of the 119 unlawful immigrants, 67 hail from Punjab and that’s why the aircraft will land in Amritsar. If that’s the case, then why didn’t the primary aircraft final in Ahmedabad? … They (referring to BJP-led central authorities) try to defame Punjab. BJP at all times tries to defame Punjabis and Punjab,” Mann added.
Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who earlier on Friday early morning held high-stake bilateral talks with President Trump, Mann requested whether or not he was bringing a “present” from the nation, referring to a different aircraft of unlawful Indian immigrants.
After Trump’s inauguration on January 20 this yr, his administration has launched an enormous crackdown in opposition to unlawful immigrants.
A number of Indians who entered the US by “donkey routes” – an unlawful methodology utilized by the migrants to get entry into the US and different international locations – are being deported.
(With inputs from businesses)
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Amritsar, India, India
