New Delhi: The Kerala government and the Centre are combating to take credit for it, Who paid for the emigration of Indians from war-torn Libya? External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj , who is getting better in AIIMS, felt obliged to take on Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on the subject. Chandy, smarting under PM Narendra Modi's comparison of Kerala with Somalia, told a rally in Thiruvananthapuram that it was the state government, not the Centre, that paid for the return of 29 Indians from Libya. Also, Chandy told media "Sushma Swaraj paid for the earlier evacuations. This time we have paid for their travel”. "Ask those who have come back, they will tell you the truth," he added.
Giving the answer of the question of Chandy the External minister took twitter and tweeted.
Swaraj wrote in her post, "Mr Chandy - We evacuated thousands of Indians from Kerala, from Iraq, Libya and Yemen. Who paid for them?" In another tweet, she said, "Mr Chandy - You started this debate - as to Who paid? Not me. We always did this because this is our pious duty towards our citizens."