Sushma Swaraj lambasted the Congress party for creating ruckus in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Mar 20 External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday lambasted the Congress party for making a ruckus in the Lok Sabha when she was speaking on the issue of 39 Indians killed in Iraq's Mosul.

While addressing the media, Swaraj stated, "In Rajya Sabha, everyone listened to me persistently and calmly. Everybody paid tribute, I thought same would happen in Lok Sabha. But unlike the past few days of ruckus, today Congress led the protests under Jyotiraditya Scindia," adding, "It was very unfortunate."

The EAM further said that Congress is completing a low level of politics and it has crossed all points of confinement in the Lok Sabha today.

Earlier in the day, Swaraj said that Minister of State (MoS) External Affairs General V.K. Singh will go to Mosul in Iraq to bring back the mortal stays of the 39 Indian nationals killed there.

While talking at the Rajya Sabha, Swaraj clarified that the plane conveying the mortal remains will initially go to Amritsar, at that point to Patna and Kolkata.

The EAM had confirmed in the Rajya Sabha that all the 39 Indians, who went missing in Mosul in the year 2014, were killed by the Islamic State (IS).

She further said that the mortal remains were sent to Baghdad. For confirmation of bodies, DNA tests of the deceased relatives were sent in the Iraqi capital.

"We used a deep penetration satellite to see a mass grave. It had exactly 39 bodies with distinctive features like long hair, non-Iraqi shoes, and IDs. We asked for that the bodies be brought out unearthed. This affirmed the demise of every one of the 39 Indian nationals," Swaraj informed.

She further said that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had got data that DNA tests of 38 individuals have coordinated and the DNA of the one person has matched just 70 percent.