Senior Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said that the Government of India must intensify its efforts for evacuation and return of all its citizens from Iraq.
AICC general secretary Ambika Soni, also a senior leader from Punjab, wondered what kind of monitoring the government was doing that it did not know who had kidnapped the Indians and where they were kept.
"It is very good that the External Affairs Minister is monitoring it but that monitoring should have been done much before because the Ministry of External Affairs does have some kind of information before international events of this magnitude and gravity happen.
In a statement, Sharma said Congress strongly condemns the abductions of Indian workers, which has caused deep distress to the affected families and hoped that the ongoing diplomatic efforts to reach out to the concerned parties and interest groups will succeed in ensuring an early release.
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Party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar also took a dig at the government, saying, "The question now is, 'can the successor government do it?'. I don't have much faith in these naive people, who have come to office without experience."
"I am sure that our diplomats will succeed to a very large measure in protecting Indian communities that are endangered in (Iraq) as a result of the ongoing conflict there," he said.