"What happened in Venezuela is very disturbing": Congress leader Salman Khurshid

New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday expressed concern for Indian expatriates in Venezuela following the recent US strikes in the country’s capital. He emphasised

that such incidents create instability, naturally raising worries about the safety of Indians living there. “First and foremost, we are concerned about our Indian expatriates present there. Whenever there is a major incident anywhere that causes instability, naturally, we become concerned about our Indian expatriates. The government has expressed this concern, and we hope that the government will take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of our Indian expatriates,” Salman Khurshid told ANI. He also urged the government to provide more information on the situation, stressing India’s significant role in global affairs. “From a global perspective, we have long believed that the Government of India and the Indian people have an important role in the emerging global order. Because India has always made significant contributions. What happened in Venezuela is very disturbing,” Khurshid added. Earlier in the day, Senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Abhishek Manu Singhvi have weighed in on the United States’ action in Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Reacting to the developments, Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor said international law and the United Nations Charter had been ignored for some time, and now law of the Jungle prevails. In a post on X, he wrote, “International law and the UN Charter have for some years now been honoured in the breach, @kapskom. The Law of the Jungle prevails today. ‘Might is Right’ is the new creed.” Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that Maduro and his wife were captured in Caracas during a night-time US military operation and would face trial in the United States. He said they have been indicted on charges of alleged “drug trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracies” in the Southern District of New York. Addressing a press conference in Florida, Trump said, “No nation in the world could achieve what America achieved yesterday or frankly, in just a short period of time. All Venezuelan military capacities were rendered powerless as the men and women of our military, working with US law enforcement, successfully captured Maduro in the dead of night.” “It was dark, and it was deadly, but he was captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, both of whom now face American justice. Maduro and Flores have been indicted in the Southern District of New York,” he added. According to an unsealed indictment shared by US Attorney General Pamela Bondi on X, Maduro and Flores face multiple statutory charges linked to alleged drug trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracies. The capture of Maduro comes at a time of sharply rising tensions between the United States and Venezuela. (ANI)