Manish Tewari, Congress MP , has announced his intention to request permission to move a motion to adjourn the house’s business so that the house can discuss a specific, urgent issue: the detention of retired Indian navy personnel in Qatar. “That this House pause Question Hour, Zero Hour, and other daily business in order to hold a discussion about the imprisoned retired Indian navy personnel in Qatar.” The letter from the Congress MP stated, “On October 26, 2023, the Qatari court sentenced Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Captain Saurabh Vasisht, Commander Amit Nagpal, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta, and Sailor Ragesh.
In a letter to the Secretary-General of Lok Sabha, Tewari stated that the eight retired navy personnel were sentenced to death by the Qatari court on October 26, 2023. He further stated that he has been constantly raising this matter since August 2022 both inside and outside the House but the response of the Government has been – NO RESPONSE for -14 months.
Tewari also alleged that the eight navy personnel have been brutally tortured, self-incriminating confessions extracted, and sentenced to death in a Kangaroo Trail in a couple of perfunctory hearings. He further stated that the Government has not even called in the Qatari Ambassador to protest the matter strongly.