New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Saturday condemned the US administration for deporting Indian citizens in handcuffs and shackles, calling it "shameful" and a "blot on humanity."

"How the illegal Indian immigrants were sent back from America in handcuffs and shackles is extremely shameful and a blot on humanity. This cruel and violent attitude has been displayed many times by the American governments towards the Red Indians and the people of African origin living in America," Bharti, former Union Minister, posted on X.

She further slammed the restrictions imposed on the deportees, stating that it reflected the "cruelty and inhumanity of the American regime."

"While sending them by plane, ke...