Baloch nationalist leader Brahumdagh Bugti, whose request for asylum has been rejected by Switzerland, has not applied for asylum in India though he would be willing to consider any offer made by the Indian government. It would be embarrassing if I were to apply for asylum and it was rejected by India, just as the Swiss have done. “Nobody was interested in the Baloch issue when Prime Minister Modi spoke about it. They should change now.”Bugti, however, expressed concern that Switzerland’s decision to link his asylum request to terrorism could have a snowballing effect on asylum requests by other BRP activists in Europe. A week before the rejection of the asylum request, Bugti’s brother-in-law, UK-based Mehran Marri, was stopped at Zurich airport and told there was an entry ban against him.

Source: Hindustan Times November 25, 2017 01:41 UTC