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Gulf Kannadigas irked as most evacuation flights to and from UAE connect to Kerala

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Mangaluru: Considering the number of Indians stranded abroad, the central government is now bringing back Indians from foreign countries under its ‘Vande Bharath Mission’, which is a welcomable move.

However, a few expatriats living in the UAE have alleged that the Air India’s evacuation schedule hints that Kerala is given priority while bringing back the stranded Indians.

Among the score of flights which are scheduled between May 26 and June 4, to and from UAE (list in more images), a maximum number of flights are to and from Kerala. Very few flights are operated to and from destinations like Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Amritsar, Trichy, Hyderabad and others.

What is all the more disheartening is that only one flight has been scheduled from Dubai to Mangaluru, on June 1, which again, first reaches Kannur and then flies to Mangaluru.

Only one flight has been scheduled to Bengaluru too.

Speaking to newskarnataka.com, Gulf Kannadigas President Sarvotham Shetty said that the schedule of flights shows that Kerala has lobbied for the flights to bring back their people on a priority basis.

It can be noted that a large number of Kannadigas are still stranded in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other gulf countries. They are jobless after the lockdown. Most of them are even struggling to make their both ends meet over the past two months. All that they want at this point in time is to return home, to their motherland, Shetty said adding that there are over 3200 Kannadigas or more who are waiting to return home, but are left in despair.

In a message to Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Shetty informed that no importance has been given to connect the UAE with Bengaluru and Mangaluru.

Insisting that all the sitting MPs from the region must immediate plunge into action, Shetty said that lobby of Kerala has worked behind the scenes and the fact that Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister V Muraleedharan too is from Kerala may have worked in their advantage.

Gulf Kannadigas irked as most evacuation flights to and from UAE connect to Kerala
Gulf Kannadigas irked as most evacuation flights to and from UAE connect to Kerala

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