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While an infuriated Kerala government claimed to be mulling "legal action" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'Somalia' remark, which Chief Minister Oommen Chandy claimed had hurt sentiments of people, another war of words broke out on Thursday between the CM and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
The two sparred over contending claims for taking credit for evacuation of 29 Indians from war-torn Libya.
While the state goes to polls on May 16, the run up to the elections is becoming increasingly becoming charged. A total of 29 Indians have been evacuated from Libya out of which 16 are from Kerala and they reached Kochi on Thursday morning. At the centre of the latest controversy was Modi's claim at a poll rally on Wednesday where he had said that his government had "saved six families and evacuated 29 people."
"The Indian government is committed to working for people who go abroad to work; we have always tried to help them. It gives me immense pleasure and happiness to tell you that they are coming back and will be united with their families soon," Modi had said.
The claim was contended by Chandy, who said the state government was bearing the travel expense of the families, suggesting that the Centre had not extended financial assistance for their travel. "Sushma Swaraj paid for the earlier evacuations. This time we are paying for their travel," Chandy said. Swaraj jumped into fray via a series of tweets. "Mr. Chandy - We evacuated thousands of Indians from Kerala from Iraq, Libya and Yemen. Who paid for them? Mr.Chandy - You said 'Kerala paid for 29 Indians evacuated from Libya'," Swaraj said on Twitter.
Sushma Swaraj, Oommen Chandy spar on Twitter over who paid to 'save' 29 Indians from war-torn Libya : Mail Today, News - India Today
The two sparred over contending claims for taking credit for evacuation of 29 Indians from war-torn Libya.
While the state goes to polls on May 16, the run up to the elections is becoming increasingly becoming charged. A total of 29 Indians have been evacuated from Libya out of which 16 are from Kerala and they reached Kochi on Thursday morning. At the centre of the latest controversy was Modi's claim at a poll rally on Wednesday where he had said that his government had "saved six families and evacuated 29 people."
"The Indian government is committed to working for people who go abroad to work; we have always tried to help them. It gives me immense pleasure and happiness to tell you that they are coming back and will be united with their families soon," Modi had said.
The claim was contended by Chandy, who said the state government was bearing the travel expense of the families, suggesting that the Centre had not extended financial assistance for their travel. "Sushma Swaraj paid for the earlier evacuations. This time we are paying for their travel," Chandy said. Swaraj jumped into fray via a series of tweets. "Mr. Chandy - We evacuated thousands of Indians from Kerala from Iraq, Libya and Yemen. Who paid for them? Mr.Chandy - You said 'Kerala paid for 29 Indians evacuated from Libya'," Swaraj said on Twitter.
Sushma Swaraj, Oommen Chandy spar on Twitter over who paid to 'save' 29 Indians from war-torn Libya : Mail Today, News - India Today
