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Slamming the UPA government at the Centre,Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said its response to radio-tagging of Indian students in the United States in the wake of an immigration scam involving a university there was weak-kneed.
In a statement here,the SAD president asked the Union government to set up an institutionalised mechanism to deal with incidents of harassment of Indian students abroad.
Indian students,mostly from Andhra Pradesh,are facing the prospect of deportation as US authorities last week shut down the Tri-Valley University in San Francisco on charges of a massive immigration fraud.
Badal said “it is a matter of concern that the oldest democracy of the World that fought a relentless battle against slavery has resorted to modern-day shackles of radio-tags,normally used to keep track of animals in jungles.
“By treating lawful immigrants from India worse than animals,the US government has committed the worst kind of human right violation besides denigrating India as a country.”
It was unfortunate that the response of the Indian government to such a serious matter was weak-kneed,he said.
The government should have responded strongly and ensured proper re-admission of all Indian students in other US varsities.
He said the website of the US Embassy in India shows Tri-Valley University as a legitimate and recognised varsity and students should not be made culprits for seeking admission in a recognised university.
Badal said an institutionalised mechanism for helping students studying abroad in cases of distress should be set up by the government.
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