Operation Rahat :: Indians rescue all at Yemen - A minister making sure things are done properly

A few voices have surely come out that we were behind the Chinese and have only been able to evacuate Indians after 8 days of China evacuating Chinese citizens on the 31st of March. But what one fails to understand is the difference in the number of people being evacuated.

(06.04.2015) Indian Navy Ship INS Sumitra at Djibouti Port for #YemenEvacuation (visuals deferred by two days) pic.twitter.com/uNWnOjE7sD
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 7, 2015

China evacuated less than 350 people, while India had a mammoth task at hand and finally it evacuated more than 4000 people, not only from India but from Germany, Ireland and many more. As per the statement by the ministry of external affairs 26 countries including the all mighty United Sates of America had requested India to aide evacuation of its citizens from the conflict zone in Yemen. Unlike the Chinese, Indians made sure that people are given ample time to report and thus the operation ran for more days.

We really appreciate this a lot: British national evacuated from Yemen by Air India #YemenEvacuation pic.twitter.com/Aps9OhVc1T
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 8, 2015

Ret. Gen. V K Singh, was overlooking the operations and made San'na his base for two days during the excercise, the level of commitment shown by the ex-service man, who is currently serving as a high ranking minister is exemplary. He took charge of the situation and made sure that no Indian Plane is denied permission to land in Yemen. With a senior person manning the forward base, things flowed smoothly and Indian citizens were swiftly brought out of the conflict zone along with many more people.

#YemenEvacuation And d thankU s have started to come in! GO INDIA GO! Gr8 job @MEAIndia Hope MSM makes it a topStory pic.twitter.com/CSELmW47Ev
— Ritu4India (@RITURATHAUR) April 7, 2015

EPIC MOMENT! That look on the face of CNN commentators.. US: India will help Americans Leave Yemen #YemenEvacuation pic.twitter.com/M9iD7BBpu7
— Ritu4India (@RITURATHAUR) April 7, 2015

The operation employed two Indian Navy war ships INS Mumbai and INS Tarkash, along with the war ships Air India, the national carrier from the country also pitched in and helped immensely in evacuating people from Yemen. The Indian Air Force also deployed it's two Jumbo Jets to bring people back to India and Indian Railways provided special trains/coaches for people to go back to their native homes.


The operation concluded on today with the last plane leaving from Sannaa international airport with evacuees bound to India. The complete operation provide ample time to all the people willing to leave the conflict zone and head back to safely to their homeland.

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Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, where are they headed...

A lot has happened in the past few months in AAP (Aam Aadmi Party), after Arvind Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi. A lot of promises seem to be at large with no concrete action plan in sight. After looking at the current war in AAP, I got reminded of TV ads on Doordarshan which talked of unity by showing a man breaking sticks one by one, but when they were made into a bunch the man was not able to break them.

You may feel why I am saying so, but if you look closely what is happening in Delhi, with AAP you will realise what I want to say. Are we looking at a fate like that of the Janta Dal, which could not digest the power dynamics served to them on platter and broke apart because individual agendas preceded common agendas. Something similar was seen in Assam, with the formation of the Assam Gana Parishad, but I am here not to talk about them. I am here looking at what is happening to AAP in Delhi.

They have got a thumping majority in the house and although BJP had a fair vote share, it was decimated and AAP became the supreme power. A party that rose out of the ashes of the Jan Lokpal Andolan, a lot of people connected with the party and I would not lie even I saw it as a ray of hope in the Political system which seems to be rotten to the core as of now. The election of AAP twice in a row seems to be something big and surely the party members have been ecstatic about the same. The mode of celebrations on the day of its win was a sight to watch with, Arvind Kejriwal (ArKe), Kumar Vishwas (KuVi), Prashant Bhushan (PraBhu), Yogendra Yadav (YoYa) etc.

But as Abraham Lincon had said, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power."

Something similar seems to be happening with AAP and ArKe right now, power has created massive rifts within the party and it seems that there is a sort of anarchy prevailing in the Party and people who are opposing are being selectively sidelined and publicly humiliated, it somehow reminds of "Game of Thrones" in which the kid with all the power publicly starts executing who ever seems to be having any power.

All this seems to similar to what happened to Hemu, the ruler who became the king after being the head of army of the Suri Dynasty. He believed in leading every war from the forefront; and that is what finally became his undoing, in the second battle of Panipath Hemu was leading his army atop an elephant and had a upper hand over Akbar's army, it is said that Akbar was instructed to retreat and head to Afganistan. But Hemu ran out of luck, an arrow hit him in the eye and he fell from the elephant his soldiers thought that the king is dead and gave up the fight as they were left without a leader, if Hemu would have trusted his aides and let someone else lead the amry while he guided them from the camps, his rule would have been the greatest, but as destiny had it, he was unceremoniously beheaded by the Mughals and his followers also met with a similar fate.

It seems Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, wants to be the single most powerful person in AAP, but is this the right way forward, should he not make a new command structure and himself focus on Delhi and set it up as an example which can be showcased in other elections, something Shri Narendra Modi, did with Gujrat.

Instead AAP, seems to have brought out its internal issues in public arena and thus hampering the parties image in public. Even ArKe, was not available for any form of comments during turbulent times in the party, as he was busy in a naturopathy treatment. What about the treatment of the Party Mr. Kejriwal. The party has just come to the helm of things and problems seem to have engulfed the party like a wild fire. YoYa and PraBhu, were amongst the founding members and major faces of the party, but they have been expelled and it seems a lot of selective expulsions are in line.

Time only will tell what is in store for AAP and ArKe..... As of now it seems that PraBhu and YoYa are all set to fight against the anarchy and the way they have been treated, like a fly fly thrown out of a tea mug.....

*The article presents the individual point of view of the author and does not in any way mean to put any form of allegations on any one. 

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