Only India taking action to bring back citizens from Ukraine: Yogi Adityanath to returnees

UP CM Yogi Adityanath claimed that students from other countries were left on their own while "only India has ensured the safe return of their residents."

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New Delhi: As India continues to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine under ‘Operation Ganga’, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday (March 9) met the students from Gorakhpur who recently returned from the war-torn country and claimed that only India was taking action to bring back its citizens. 

The UP CM claimed that students from other countries were left on their own while "only India has ensured the safe return of their residents," PTI reported. 

Talking to students, Adityanath added, "This facility (of bringing back home) was available only to Indian citizens and students. You must have seen that students from other countries studying with you were left on their own at the mercy of God. Their governments did not take any cognizance of bringing them back." 

"Because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's good relations with Romania, Hungary and Poland, no problem has arisen anywhere. The facilities which the citizens of India were getting at the borders of these countries, people from other nations were not getting them," the UP CM said.

Adityanath said that a total of 2,290 students from the state were living and studying in Ukraine.

"2078 of them have been brought back. All the arrangements are being made to bring back those who are left. Out of 74 students from Gorakhpur, 70 have been brought back. The remaining four are also being brought back," the CM said.

Further, the UP CM said that students who have returned from Ukraine should continue to prepare for their courses here as it cannot be said how long the war will last, the CM said. 

"The government is also concerned about your career. The government is thinking about it," he added.

India has been airlifting nationals stranded in Ukraine once they cross to neighbouring countries such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.

(With PTI inputs)