India, Feb. 10 -- Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday questioned the Narendra Modi government on the deportation of 104 Indians from the United States last week. Initiating the discussion on Union Budget 2025-26 in the Rajya Sabha, Chidambaram claimed the ministry of external affairs "stumbled badly in the last week", adding it was now clear that the United States informed India about the deportation of 104 illegal Indian immigrants who landed in Amritsar.

While referring to the reports of a meeting between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his US counterpart Marco Rubio days before the deportation, Chidambaram said,"I ask the government did the external affairs minister raise the matter with Mr Rubio? Did he know abo...