New Delhi, March 11 Rajya Sabha Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil expressed concern on Monday over the safety of Indian students studying abroad and the exorbitant airfares being charged from people returning from Dubai amid ongoing tensions in West Asia.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the house, Gohil said that any attack or harassment on an Indian citizen anywhere in the world is considered an attack on the country's honour.
He said that Indian students are present in large numbers in various countries.
A few days ago, he said, Indian students in Russia were attacked with knives, in which 4 students were seriously injured.
The All India Medical Student Association also filed a complaint and protested, he added.
Citing data from the Ministry of External Affairs, the Congress MP from Gujarat said that in 2025, complaints were received from 350 students, of which 200 complaints were from Russia.
He said that such incidents were taking place because the government has privatized education on a large scale to the extent that students feel it is fine to pursue MBBS abroad because education in the country has become very expensive.
He further said that the war is raging in West Asia, many countries are providing facilities for their citizens, but no such facility has been provided from the Indian side.
Gohil said that people want to return from Dubai, but airlines are busy "exploiting" them with exorbitant fares.
In her Zero Hour mention, Jebi Mather (Congress) spoke on the urgent need for organ donation and transparency in the process.
She cited organ donation stories of a 9-month-old baby, Aalin Sherin Abraham, and a 19-year-old girl, Jaslia Johnson, from Kerala, whose families made the courageous decision to give others a chance at life.
"One powerful message from Kerala...This is the real Kerala story," Mather said.
She further said that organ donation is a very important matter, and the government must ensure greater transparency and awareness so that more lives can be saved.