Govt should ensure safe homecoming of Indian students: NCP SCP leader Clyde Crasto

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 6 (ANI): Amid the unrest in Bangladesh, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) leader Clyde Crasto on Tuesday said that the central government should ensure that Indian students studying in Bangladesh come back safely to the country.
Speaking with ANI, NCP (SCP) leader and National Spokesperson Clyde Crasto said, "What is happening in Bangladesh is a very sensitive issue...What is happening there in Bangladesh is dangerous to democracy and it can have repercussions across the neighbouring countries...I hope the decisions taken in the all-party meeting are favourable to our country...Central government should make sure that the Indian students studying in Bangladesh come back to India safely..."
Amid political unrest in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals of which about 9000 are students. He said the government is in close contact with the Indian community in Dhaka.
Jaishankar informed the Lok Sabha that the bulk of the students returned to India in July.
"We are in close and continuous touch with the Indian community in Bangladesh through our diplomatic missions. There are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals there of which about 9000 are students. The bulk of the students returned in July," he said.
He also said that Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested approval from India to come at very short notice and she arrived on the evening of Monday.
"On August 5, demonstrators converged in Dhaka despite the curfew. Our understanding is that after a meeting with leaders of the security establishment, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina apparently made the decision to resign. At very short notice, she requested approval to come for the moment to India. We simultaneously received a request for flight clearance from Bangladesh authorities. She arrived yesterday evening in Delhi," he said.
The External Affairs Minister also mentioned that the government is monitoring the situation with regard to the minorities living in Bangladesh.
Jaishankar noted that ties between India and Bangladesh are exceptionally close. (ANI)