NDA hand-in-glove with Italian govt. in terms of securing release two marines: Congress

New Delhi : Saying that the United Nations (U.N.) arbitration court directing Indian to release the lone marine Salvatore Girone that was in India’s custody, the Congress party on Tuesday alleged that the NDA Government is hand-in-glove with the Italian Government in terms of securing the release of these two marines, while seeking to know what quid pro quo is in place to ensure the release of these two marines.
“The Congress party, like the people of India, firmly believe that justice has been denied to those families. We believe that this NDA Government is hand-in-glove with the Italian Government in terms of securing the release of these two marines; and the question that we would like to ask is what the quid pro quo is that was in place to ensure the release of these two marines to the Italian Government,” asked Congress member of Parliament Jyotiraditya Scindia to the NDA government.
Addressing a press conference, Scindia said, Today, there has been very disheartening and debilitating action that has been thrust on over all of us.The UN arbitration court has very clearly ruled against Indian directing us to release the lone marine that was in our custody, Salvatore Girone. This, I believe, is a huge setback for India, and I certainly believe that it’s a case of a matter that has been deliberately lost.” “As you all would recall, this matter relating to the marine incident of 2012 where two innoc3ent fishermen off the cost of Kerala had been massacred. After which both the marine had been taken into custody. One had been repatriated back to Italy on grounds of health. And the lone marine who was in the judicial custody in the Italian embassy, today on the basis of this judgment will also be soon sent back to Italy,” he added.