New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, as well as MoS MEA V Muraleedharan and BJP leader RP Singh, among others, received three copies of Sikh scriptures Shri Guru Granth Sahib who arrived from Afghanistan with evacuated in an Indian Air Force flight to Delhi airport on Tuesday morning.
AI 1956 en route to Delhi from Dushanbe with three copies of Sikh scriptures and 78 passengers, including 25 Indian nationals, landed at Delhi airport from Kabul.
Receiving the evacuees, Puri said: “I want to start by thanking the Prime Minister who made it possible to carry out these rescue operations to bring our brothers who are in difficult circumstances there (Afghanistan). set up for the remaining people. We are in constant contact with them. I would like to congratulate the MEA, EAM S Jaishankar, and MoS MEA V Muraleedharan for implementing this. “
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In a separate tweet, the Union Minister said: “Happy to receive and pay homage to three Swaroop Saints from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from Kabul to Delhi recently.”
Evacuees arriving from Kabul on board an Indian Air Force plane chanted “Jo bole so Nihal Sat Sri Akal” and “Waheguru Ji ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji ki Fateh”.
India is carrying out the evacuation missions in coordination with the United States and several other friendly countries. At least 146 citizens were brought back on four different flights on Monday amid the deteriorating security situation in the war-torn country.
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