60,000 Indian youths detained along the US-Mexico border: Manish Tewari

Congress leader and former union minister Manish Tewari said today that 60,000 young Indians, many of them from Punjab, were being held in detention camps along the border. Mexican-American.

He said that he had personally visited the border area during his recent visit to the United States and was alarmed by the situation there.
At a meeting of party workers organized by Punjab congressional secretary, Satwinder Jawaddi, Tewari said that 60,000 Indians, who had tried to sneak illegally into the United States via Mexico, had been arrested by the US authorities. .

"Of these, more than ninety percent are Punjabis," he added.

Expressing concern about the plight of these stranded youths, Tewari said their release was to be handled at the Department of External Affairs and he had already raised the issue.

He added that Punjab should also create employment opportunities for young people.

Speaking of congressional prospects for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the former MP for Ludhiana said that the "countdown" of the NDA government had begun.

"Their despair and frustration were revealed during the Prime Minister's speech to Parliament during the censure motion," he said.

"The NDA may have won the confidence of the House, but it has actually lost the confidence of people across India," he added.

Tewari baderted that following the general election next year, a "progressive and secular" government will be in power at the Center.