Chandigarh/Ludhiana, March 2 -- Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, NRI affairs minister Ravjot Singh, leader of Opposition in state assembly Partap Singh Bajwa and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal sought immediate intervention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back Indians stranded in Arab countries and the Dubai airport. The US and Israel are carrying out military strikes in Iran, with the latter retaliating by targeting US air bases in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Assembly speaker Sandhwan sought special flights for those stranded. "In such situations, speedy diplomatic and administrative action is required," he said, adding that safety and dignity of every Indi...