By IANS,
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking him to take up with visiting Prime Minister Kevin Rudd the issue of alleged racist attacks on Indian students in Australia.
“The government of India should play a pro-active role and take certain concrete steps to ensure the safety and security of all the Indians living in the country,” Singh said in his letter.
“The Australian prime minister is on an official visit to India these days and the government is discussing a wide range of issues with him,” Singh said.
“So, I urge the government to raise the issue of security and safety of Indian students during its meetings with the Australian prime minister and ask him to introduce safeguards to curb rampant discrimination and violence against the people of Indian origin,” he said.
Another attack on a 22-year-old Indian student in Melbourne Sunday by a group of Australians has put the spotlight back on an issue that has caused the Australian leadership to embark on a massive damage control exercise with India.