The families of 39 Indians killed in Iraq today met Punjab Congress chief and Lok Sabha member Sunil Jakhar, who urged the Centre to provide all possible help to them.
He said the central government should understand the feelings of the victims' families and extend help without delay.
"Regretfully, instead of understanding their sensitivities, the Centre was harassing them. Even Prime Minister Narender Modi did not utter a single word of sympathy for these Indians in his 'Mann ki Baat' yesterday," Jakhar alleged.
The MP from Gurdaspur said the government should help the affected families as they were in shock and facing a tough time after the deaths of their earning members were confirmed some days back.
Jakhar said it would have been good had the government announced help for the families on the same day when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj informed about the deaths in Parliament as the families would not have to come to Delhi today.
"But the insensitive Centre is not paying attention to the grievances of victims. While such important issues need to be raised on the floor of Parliament, but the government is not even going to run the House smoothly," he claimed.
Jakhar said in the foreign countries, Indian citizen should be properly guided by embassies so they are saved from such deadly tragedies in the future.
He also hoped that the Punjab government would stand with these families in this hour of grief and sorrow and every possible help be given to them by the state.
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