Owaisi urges special flights to bring back 4,000 Indians stranded in Saudi Arabia
- Around 4,000 Indian Umrah pilgrims are stranded in Makkah and Madina after flight cancellations amid regional security tensions.
- Owaisi said IndiGo, Akasa Air and Air India cancellations left pilgrims unable to return home.
- He urged the government to arrange special flights or permit larger aircraft to bring stranded pilgrims back.
- • MEA said 3,000 pilgrims have returned, while the Indian Embassy in Riyadh and Consulate in Jeddah are helping others return.
Source: indiatoday.in
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