I had met Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj along with the family members of the abducted youth in New Delhi on Thursday and she had given assurance for the safe home coming of all the Punjabi youths stranded in Iraq, Badal told reporters here.
He was addressing the reporters on sidelines of a series of rallies organised in the Lambi assembly constituency to express gratitude to the people for electing Harsimrat Kaur Badal as their representative in the recently concluded parliamentary elections.
Till today evening more than 200 families had contacted the control room for giving details about their relatives. Yesterday around 50 Punjabi families had approached the control room.
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