Did PM Modi raise issue of deportations behind closed doors?: Shashi Tharoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor while opening up on Prime Minister Narendra Modis recent visit to the United States said that though there are some important outcomes for the country from the visit it has to be answered whether the PM raise the issue of the manner in which the Indian nationals were deported from the USThe Congress leader said that he cant be only praising or criticising every time and there needs to be some give and take in a democracySpeaking to reporters Tharoor said For 16 years I have been in politics My attitude has been that when somebody in the government whether its our government or some other partys government does the right thing or does something well one should acknowledge and praise it and when they do something badly one should criticise itIf I were to praise all the time no one would take me seriously If I were to criticise all the time no one would take me seriously eitherTheres got to be some give and take in democracy he addedHe further questioned why the issue of illegal immigrants was not addressed and whether Prime Minister Modi raised the issue behind closed doorsWhat I found with some of the important outcomes of Prime Minister Modis visit with US President Trump is that there are good things from the point of view of the Indian people There are some questions that still remainWhy did the question of the way in which those illegal immigrants were returned to India not get addressedDid PM Modi raise it behind closed doors the former diplomat further saidPM Modi recently travelled to the US for a twoday visit at the invitation of US President Donald Trump This was PM Modis first visit to the United States after Donald Trump assumed office for the second term and he was among the first few world leaders to visit the US following Trumps inaugurationThe issue of illegal immigration featured in the discussion there as Prime Minister Modi reiterated Indias stand that it is ready to take back the Indian nationals who allegedly entered the US illegallyThe PM also called for attacking the whole ecosystem behind human trafficking which leads to cases of illegal immigrationForeign Secretary Vikram Misri highlighted that both PM Modi and President Trump reaffirmed their commitment to streamlining legal mobility avenues for students professionals and shortterm visitors while also agreeing to aggressively address illegal immigration and human traffickingNotably on February 5 a US Air Force plane carrying Indian citizens who illegally immigrated to the US arrived in Amritsar Punjab A total of 104 Indian nationals were on board the plane that landed in AmritsarSpeaking further Shashi Tharoor welcomed the trade deal with the United States and termed it as an achievement of PM Modis visit stating that unilateral tariffs from the US could have damaged Indian exportsI welcome the fact that there is now an agreement to have a negotiation for the next 9 months on trade and tariffs Its far better than Washington hastily and unilaterally imposing some tariffs on us which could have damaged and hurt our exports It seems to me that something good has been achieved and I applaud that as an Indian the Congress MP saidWe cant always speak only in terms of party interests I am not a party spokesman I am an MP elected by all the people of Thiruvananthapuram and on that basis I speak as a responsible stakeholder in Indian democracy he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever