"We have requested the PMO and the External Affairs Ministry to take immediate action. No girl should be deprived of her mother's love. Ariha needs her mother, culture and her environment. We want Ariha to grow up in the Jain community," said a protestor named Vikram Bora.
This protest emphasized the urgent need to respect and protect her cultural identity. The community believes in preserving cultural rights regardless of borders and aims to amplify their voices through this gathering.
"59 Members of Parliament belonging to 19 parties across the political spectrum have come together to lend a united voice for the repatriation of a two-year-old baby girl currently in German foster care back to India," the release said.
Addressing the briefing on Friday, Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "We are dismayed to learn that the child was abruptly shifted away from her current foster parent to a specialised foster care arrangement. The manner in which this shift was carried out is a matter of concern. We and th
Earlier in December 2022, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said during a press conference with German Foreign Minister Anna Baerbock on the custody case, "There is a case related to a child called Ariha Shah. We've concerns that she should be in her linguistic, religious, cultural and