New Delhi, Mar 22: The Congress will give a Privilege notice against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in both the Houses of Parliament for misleading
the nation on the deaths of the 39 Indians abducted by the ISIS in Iraq.
Talking to reporters here, senior Congress leaders Ambika
Soni, Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo said, 'The party has decided
to move a privilege notice against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in
both the Houses of Parliament for misleading the country on the deaths of the
39 Indians who were abducted in Iraq. '
'Since 2014, we have been raising the issue of the abduction
of the 39 Indians with the Minister. The External affairs Minister has,
however, been saying that she had been told by her sources that they are alive.
When we asked her to reveal her sources, she said she could not share
information about them.
Now, four years later, the information of her sources has
proved to be false and what people like Harjit Masih have been saying has
proved to be correct. We want to ask the Minister as to why she misled the
Parliament and people of the country all these years,' Ms Soni said.
'For four years, you kept the families of the victims in
suspense, leaving them to die several deaths each day of the last four years.
We charge the Minister of misleading the House. We will move a privilege notice
against her in both the Houses for misleading the country and the families of
the victims on this issue,' she said.
Ms Soni also charged that the government was trying to divert
attention from the issue by raking up alleged links of Congress with data
mining firm Cambridge Analytica. UNI
