Indians have been forcibly enlisted for conflict towards Ukraine, says Durai Vaiko

MDMK MP Durai #Vaiko on Friday (August 1, 2025) accused the #Russian authorities of forcibly inducting #Indians within the conflict towards #Ukraine, stating that their lives had been at risk.

“Already 12 #Indians have misplaced their lives within the conflict, and 16 individuals have disappeared,” stated Mr. Durai #Vaiko, who raised in Parliament the case of Kishor Saravanan, a youth from Cuddalore.

“Kishor Saravanan was compelled to endure army coaching and was drugged. He could quickly be despatched to the conflict entrance to combat the Ukrainian military. We could lose him within the combating,” he stated.

He identified that in response to information from the Ministry of External Affairs, 126 #Indians had been compelled to combat within the conflict. “They went to the nation both to review — notably drugs — or in the hunt for jobs. They had been compelled to signal citizenship varieties and had been conscripted. This is official. Unofficially, many extra are serving within the #Russian Army. They usually are not simply from #Tamil Nadu, however from many components of #India,” he stated.

Mr. Durai #Vaiko stated he had introduced the difficulty to the eye of External Affairs Minister #S. Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary #Vikram Misri. “Mr. Misri informed me the information have been despatched to the Home Ministry,” he stated.

The mother and father of Mr. Saravanan, in the meantime, stated like many mother and father within the nation, they’d despatched their son to #Russia to review drugs. “We offered our land and despatched him to review… But now, he’s being compelled to combat within the conflict,” they stated.