NEW DELHI: Ritesh Kumar is second engineer on MV Skopelos I (a vessel registered to Valletta, Malta and owned and operated by Seascout, Greece). His vessel has been in anchorage at Bayuquan, China, since September loaded with Australian coal. Since Beijing has banned Australian coal imports, his ship, along with many others are stranded off various Chinese ports.
“Our vessel has nine Indian crew members (among other nationalities) including the master. Some of us have served on the ship for 10-14 months, well beyond our contractual periods. Alongside our vessel, there are over 70 vessels at various Chinese ports, serving as a floating prison to multiple other Indian seafarers.”
By Sajjad Shaukat PAK VT
Indian extremist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government led by the fanatic ruling party BJP has bulldozed major liberal and pro-minorities’ movements in the recent past.
Last year, Modi’s government ended special status of the Jummu and Kashmir by abrogation of articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution to turn Muslim majority into minority.
Similarly, the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA), passed by the Indian Parliament further exposed the discriminatory policies of the Modi-led regime. The CAA coupled with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is mainly against the Muslim immigrants especially from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
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