Tamil Nadu, Kerala students allege that BAPS volunteers did not follow due process
Tamil Nadu, Kerala students allege that BAPS volunteers did not follow due process
The organization said in a press statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had personally requested the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha to serve the Indians in distress in Ukraine. The organization came into media focus after some students from Kerala and Tamil Nadu on the return alleged that the Indian authorities had displayed discriminatory attitude during transit through Poland where BAPS was in charge of providing humanitarian aid.
“Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally called BAPS Sant Brahmaviharidas Swami around midnight on Sunday 27 February, seeking assistance from the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha to support the safe passage of Indian citizens along the Polish, Romanian and Hungarian borders with Ukraine Because BAPS has a presence and decades of experience in emergency response and disaster relief work globally,” the organization said.
In widely circulated interviews given by students from Tamil Nadu, it was alleged that they did not appear on time and that the officials and volunteers of BAPS did not follow due process while dealing with students from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Congress MP Manickam Tagore has said that it is not unusual to seek help from a religious organization to provide relief to the affected people in times of emergency or crisis, but government officials should see that students are not subjected to any kind of atrocities. . discrimination.
“In times of crisis, any temple or mosque or church-related organization can come forward and the government can consider it depending on the nature of emergency or crisis. But students should not be made to feel that they have Discrimination is done on any grounds during such process,” Manickam Tagore said. Apart from BAPS, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is also active in helping evacuees in Europe.
The foreign ministry is yet to respond to allegations leveled by students who have returned home after a painful period in Ukraine.