The second batch illegal Indian immigrants deported from the US will land at Amritsar Airport on Saturday night. As per the information received, two US flights will land at Amritsar Airport carrying illegal Indian immigrants. The first flight will land on Saturday night and the second flight will land on Sunday. On Feb 5, the US military aircraft that landed at Amritsar Airport carried most of the deportees from Haryana and Gujarat, this time, it has been reported that most of the deportees are from Punjab.
As per reports, one of these planes will land at Amritsar airport at around 10:15 pm today (15 February), while the second plane will land here on 16 February. Reports further suggest that 119 people will be brought in the plane today. These include 67 people from Punjab and 33 from Haryana. At the same time, 157 Indians will be brought in the second plane.
City-wise deportees list of Punjab from Feb 15 US flight (Total 67)
- Amritsar- 6
- Hoshairpur-10
- Mohali- 3
- Faridkot- 1
- Jalandhar- 5
- Patiala- 7
- Fatehgarh Sahib- 1
- Kapurthala- 10
- Ropar- 1
- Firozpur- 4
- Ludhiana- 1
- Sangrur- 3
- Gurdaspur- 11
- Moga- 1
- Tarn Taran- 3
City-wise deportees on Feb 16 US flight (Total 31)
- Amritsar-4
- Jalandhar-4
- Mohali- 1
- Firozpur-3
- Kapurthala- 3
- Patiala- 2
- Gurdaspur 6
- Ludhiana- 2
- Nawanshahr- 1
- Hoshairpur- 2
- Mansa- 2
- Sangrur- 1
Punjab CM Mann slams Centre for defaming Punjab over US deportation
Vehemently Opposing the move of the Government of India to land plane carrying deported Indians at Amritsar airport, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday described it as a conspiracy of the union government to defame Punjab and Punjabis.
CM Mann said that despite Punjab being the food bowl and sword arm of India, the BJP-led government has started a tirade to defame the state. He said that the move to land a plane carrying deported Indians from the US in Amritsar is just another attempt of the Government of India to tarnish the image of Punjab globally. Bhagwant Singh Mann questioned the move of MEA to choose Amritsar for landing this plane here whereas there are hundreds of other airports in the country.
The Chief Minister said that he has already raised this issue with the MEA and MHA but hasn’t received any positive response from them. He said that one plane had landed a few days back and now two more planes are being landed without any proper justification. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that Punjabis are being targeted because Prime Minister and his party doesn’t like them despite of the fact that more than 90% of people martyred, jailed, or exiled during the Indian freedom struggle were from Punjab.
The Chief Minister said that it is the moral responsibility of the MEA to explain why Punjab especially Amritsar has been chosen for this landing. He said that despite of fact that a hostile neighbour is 40 kilometers away from Amritsar, an Army plane of US is being landed here. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that when the state government demands starting of international flights from here then the demand is declined by citing several frivolous reasons.