Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday night for arranging a special flight to return 100 state students stranded in Ukraine.
The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a tweet that it will make arrangements to transport students from Delhi or Mumbai to the state.
“CM Shri @Bhupendrapbjp has thanked PM Shri @narendramodi for all the arrangements made for the repatriation of about 100 young students from Gujarat stranded in the war-torn areas of Ukraine,” the Gujarat CMO tweeted.
“The State Govt has made arrangements to bring the students back to Gujarat who will arrive in India tomorrow. Special responsibility has been assigned to the Resident Commissioner and Commissioner of Geology & Mining Dept for the students coming to Delhi and Mumbai respectively,” the CMO said in another tweet.
Jitu Vaghani, the state’s education minister, said earlier in the day that 2,500 Gujarat students were stranded in Ukraine, which Russia had invaded.