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The Congress on Tuesday questioned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his silence over repeated attacks on African nationals across the nation from past few months.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Congress leader Anand Sharma said, "It is unacceptable, it is shameful. The government ought to have intervened when the first attacks took place but the situation has been allowed to deteriorate to an extent where mob lynching is taking place."
"President Pranab Mukherjee has spoken, Vice-President Hamid Ansari has spoken but the Prime Minister is silent. His silence is embarrassing now. He is the head of the leaders, the elected executive. He must speak and his government must ensure the safety of students from Africa," he further criticised.
Sharma added that India and Africa historically have a very special relationship.
"This is a land of Gandhi and Nehru who spoke of Afro-Indian solidarity. Therefore, such things happening in India is disturbing. It has effected India's image globally," Sharma said.
Meanwhile, condemning the killing of a Congo student Oliver as heinous and unacceptable, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj earlier on Tuesday said it was not a racial attack.
Swaraj held a meeting with African students and officials.
Over a dozen African nationals were attacked in Rajpkhurd village of Chhatarpur, South Delhi on Wednesday night.
It is learnt that locals objected to the free lifestyle of these men and women who stayed in the area.
There were four attacks within a span of an hour, sources said, which hint the attacks may have been organised and pre-planned.
Four men and two women have been injured in the attacks and are admitted in hospital. The Delhi Police on Friday registered four FIRs in the case.
All four complainants, in their 30s, have been residing in Delhi for past few years, police said.
