The politicisation, however, did not end there. A little before the flight was scheduled to land, BJP as well as Nationalist Congress Party members gathered outside the T2 terminal of the Airport and started raising slogans, lauding their respective parties and party leaders, leading to crowding and confusion outside the already busy terminal. The Sahar police had already imposed tight bandobast at the spot, and additional reinforcements were also kept on standby. Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar was also seen at the Airport, interacting with the staff as well as the returning Indians.The students were visibly overjoyed and relieved as they exited the terminal to make their way home.“There is a lot of fear everywhere in Ukraine. All the students from all countries are very scared. A lot of our fellow Indians are living in underground shelters right now and need to be rescued soon. I really hope that the government brings them back the way they brought us,” one of them, a female student of medicine who went to Ukraine in June last year, said.Another student, a young man, added, “We were very worried when the bombs started dropping. We were asked to vacate our hostels as soon as possible. The Ukrainian government supported us a lot and so did the Indian government at their end as well.”
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