Tricolour shield in Ukraine war, inspiration in CWG: Modi to medalists | India News,The Indian Express
Modi made the remarks while felicitating medalists of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, at an event which was attended by the athletes as well as their coaches.
The evacuation efforts during the Ukraine crisis exhibited the “power” of the Tricolour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, underlining that the national flag acted as a “protective shield” not just for Indians who were stuck in the war zone, but also for people of other countries fleeing the east European nation facing Russian aggression.
Modi made the remarks while felicitating medalists of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, at an event which was attended by the athletes as well as their coaches.
“Your source of inspiration is the Tricolour and, sometime back in Ukraine, we saw the power of the Tricolour. It became a protective shield not just for Indians coming out of the war zone, but also for people of other countries,” Modi said. Around 22,500 Indian nationals, mostly medical students, have returned from Ukraine since February 21.
As part of the government’s evacuation efforts, christened Operation Ganga, 90 special flights, of which 76 were by commercial airlines, and 14 by Indian Air Force were operated. During the crisis, many evacuated students, carrying the Tricolour for easy identification by border security forces, crossed into neighbouring countries like Poland and Hungary.
Modi said that just like Indian freedom fighters, despite representing different streams of thought, had a common goal, the country’s athletes also compete with the same spirit.
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