After 121 Indians Die In SA, TN CM Stalin Urges External Affairs Minister To Rescue Indian Diaspora From Riots

Indian origin people, who are the worst sufferers, were forced to arm themselves in two provinces, especially in Durban city, home to more than 70% of the 1.4 million Indian origin population

TN CM MK Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has urged the Central government to take measures to safeguard the Indian community in South Africa where violent protests have erupted since the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma last week. In a letter to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Stalin referred to the reports of riots in South Africa affecting the Indian community and a large section of the Tamil population have suffered economic losses.

"It is learned that they (Indian community) are also apprehensive of further escalation of tensions there," he said.

'மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் திரு.@mkstalin அவர்கள், தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவில் நடைபெற்றுவரும் கலவரங்களினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள தமிழர்கள் உள்ளிட்ட இந்தியர்களை பாதுகாக்க தென்னாப்பிரிக்க அரசுடன் பேச்சுவார்த்தை நடத்துமாறு ஒன்றிய வெளியுறவுத்துறை அமைச்சர் திரு. @DrSJaishankar அவர்களுக்கு கடிதம்' pic.twitter.com/6sUr6UMXr0

— DMK (@arivalayam) July 17, 2021

The Chief Minister urged Jaishankar to take up the matter with the South African government through diplomatic means to impress upon the need for restoration of peace and harmony at the earliest and also to take adequate measures to safeguard the life and property of the Indian community including people from Tamil Nadu.

a press release, from the DMK office, stated that the Indian community including a large section of the Tamil population has suffered economic losses. In a release, Stalin requested External Affairs Minister to take up the matter with the South African government through diplomatic means.

  

As many as 121 people, mostly of Indian origin, have died in South Africa's worst post-apartheid era violence in the past week. Indian origin people, who are the worst sufferers, were forced to arm themselves in two provinces, especially in Durban city, home to more than 70 per cent of the 1.4 million Indian origin population in the country.