Indian students were shelled and killed in Ukraine, and the Modi government was scolded
#印媒: Indian students are abused by Ukrainian military police ##大量印度网民强烈支持俄罗斯 #
#俄乌危机中 India's "neutrality" attracts attention #
On March 1, an Indian student was shelled and killed in Ukraine, an uproar in India, with some opposition parties beginning to criticize the Modi government for its ineffective evacuation, lack of strategic foresight, and misjudgment of the situation, putting tens of thousands of Indians still stranded in Ukraine in danger.
On Tuesday, Navin Sheharapa, a 4th-year medical student in Kharkiv, was killed by gunfire while leaving the bunker to get food. Sheharapa is a microcosm of Indian students studying abroad in Ukraine, where there are 20,000 overseas citizens, only 8,000 people have been evacuated, and the rest of the people, due to the chaotic situation in Ukraine, can only flee west in a hurry, trying to enter Poland and other neighboring countries through crowded entry points.
In addition, there are also Indian students in Ukraine who post videos declaring that today's students in India are tortured by Ukrainian border personnel and guards in the border areas, and are often attacked with fists and sticks. Some Indian students also accused the Ukrainian side of racist prejudice in the treatment of transit personnel, providing unfair treatment to Indians, to know that among the foreign students in Ukraine, India accounts for a large proportion, which does not know how many Indians will be chilled.
The Indian government has constantly stressed the difficulties of evacuating people in Ukraine today, the local situation is complex and rapidly changing, and although India has arranged many evacuation charter flights, the problem now is not the number of flights, but how to let the Indians stranded in Ukraine reach the West Ukrainian border safely.
"Why didn't you start evacuating at the first time?" This is a point where India's Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has repeatedly questioned the Modi government, and Modi's heart now appears to be not in Ukraine, but in the parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh. The election in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous province, may be the first opportunity for India's political forces to challenge the ruling party and Modi after the COVID-19 pandemic has raged, and will also be a rehearsal for India's 2024 national election.
A Congress spokesman tweeted a video of Indian students being beaten and shouted at Modi: "These sticks that fall on Indians overseas are a flogging of Indian honor and prestige." Mr. Prime Minister, put aside the election campaign at hand and alleviate the suffering of Indians overseas. ”
The reason why so many Indians study in Ukraine is because the competition for further education and employment in India is very fierce, even more than China, India's higher education capacity and teaching staff are far inferior to China's, and the tuition fees of Indian private universities are very expensive, which is unaffordable for many students from poor Indian families. And if you go to Ukraine and other countries to pursue a degree, especially in India, a very popular medical degree, there will be a very bright prospect, and what is more attractive is that the cost of studying in Ukraine is not high, and may only be about half of the cost paid in the country, or even lower.
It is worth mentioning that the level of medical education in Ukraine is very high, and the number of medical master's and doctoral programs ranks fourth in Europe.
Picture 1: Indians protest the Modi government's failure to evacuate its borders
Figure 2: Indian students are crowded like refugees in temporary settlements
Figure 3: The gymnasium in the previous picture is still clean, look at this resettlement site, just like the shantytown
Picture 4: People in New Delhi, India, spontaneously take action to commemorate the death of Indian students in Kharkiv, Ukraine
