🧵Thread: Indians fleeing Ukraine are being assaulted, harassed.
The US had been mulling evacuations since December, repeatedly told its citizens to leave.
India’s ‘advisory’ came only on 15 Feb.
But across BJP-run WhatsApp groups, none of this matters:
In this parallel world, the Ukraine evacuation of Indian students is a smashing success. So smashing that it has never been done before.
All on the basis of a video by ONE student who said he was treated warmly as he travelled across Ukraine.
“Why this was not before 2014?”
In this parallel world, the last few days have shown what a superpower India is.
Where Ukraine called PM Modi “the world’s most powerful leader” (nope) and where the world is asking India to intervene and “help” and where Russia has promised to bring Indians to safety. (Nope)
In the parallel world, all this is possible because of PM Modi.
“Kuch toh dum hoga chai wale mein.”
Sadly, the reality is very, very different.
No food, no aid, no intimation.
A solid thread that lays out the evidence of how the Indian government delayed planning for #IndiansInUkraine :
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