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Akbar, VK Singh going to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia to negotiate for duped Indian workers

New Delhi, Jul 30 (UNI) India is rushing its two Ministers of State Gen VK Singh and MJ Akbar to take up with Saudi and Kuwaiti authorities, the issue of 800 Indians starving after losing their jobs. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the Indian Embassy in Riyadh had been directed to provide food to these people, and she herself was monitoring the situation. 'My colleagues@Gen VK Singh will go to Saudi Arabia to sort out these matters and @MJakbar will take up with Kuwait and Saudi Authorities,' she tweeted, in response to a tweet by a man, who while informing her of the state of the Indian nationals, sought her immediate intervention. The External Affairs Minister said that a large number of Indian nationals had been laid off in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and their employers had not paid them wages and closed down factories. UNI NAZ RJ 2158

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