The Indian Victims of Pan Am 73, headquartered in Chandigarh, on Friday appealed to the Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel to reconsider the state government's decision to allow US to collaborate with the Vibrant Gujarat.
Aneesh Bhanot, in an appeal sent to the Gujarat CM, on behalf of the victims, said, "The US has been systematically and continuously discriminating against Indians. This was apparent from the Pan Am 73 (PA73) hijack case where that country discriminated against Indians and abandoned us in 2008 and is continuing to do so. When US is treating Indians like third class citizens of the world, why should India enhance business and profits of America by offering them a platform in Vibrant Gujarat?"
Following a 29 May 2014 judgement from the Punjab & Haryana High Court against discrimination from the US, the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation investigated the case. On 5 September 2014, the Ministry sent a letter to the Ministry of External Affairs castigating US and raising some very important questions asking how Indians were abandoned.
According to the letter, in 2008, Libya gave US about $1.5 billion to settle all the cases of terrorism in which it had been involved and Pan Am Flight 73 was part of this settlement. However, US decided to give compensation only to the around 40 Americans on board, while it discriminated against and abandoned the Indians.
28/11/14 moneylife.com
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Aneesh Bhanot, in an appeal sent to the Gujarat CM, on behalf of the victims, said, "The US has been systematically and continuously discriminating against Indians. This was apparent from the Pan Am 73 (PA73) hijack case where that country discriminated against Indians and abandoned us in 2008 and is continuing to do so. When US is treating Indians like third class citizens of the world, why should India enhance business and profits of America by offering them a platform in Vibrant Gujarat?"
Following a 29 May 2014 judgement from the Punjab & Haryana High Court against discrimination from the US, the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation investigated the case. On 5 September 2014, the Ministry sent a letter to the Ministry of External Affairs castigating US and raising some very important questions asking how Indians were abandoned.
According to the letter, in 2008, Libya gave US about $1.5 billion to settle all the cases of terrorism in which it had been involved and Pan Am Flight 73 was part of this settlement. However, US decided to give compensation only to the around 40 Americans on board, while it discriminated against and abandoned the Indians.
28/11/14 moneylife.com
