New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Former Union Minister for Law and Justice, Ashwani Kumar, on Thursday condemned the US administration over the deportation of 104 Indian migrants to Punjab's Amritsar from the United States.

Ashwani Kumar said that the "heart-rending ordeal" of these deportees aboard a US Army plane exposed America's claims as a global champion of human rights and democracy.

"The heart-rending ordeal of Indian citizens deported to India in the US Army plane is the ultimate denunciation of American pretensions as the global defender of human rights and democracy," said Ashwani Kumar.

Former Union Minister Kumar also appealed to External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar to take up the matter at the highest level in the US Administ...