India, March 7 -- Jalna Congress MP Kalyan Kale on Friday criticised the Union government for its alleged lack of response and support for Indians stuck in the UAE amid the Iran crisis.

Kale, who returned from Dubai on Thursday after being stranded there since February 27, a day before the joint US-Israel attack on Iran, told reporters that people in the region were in panic following the shutdown of airspace. "I had sent emails to the Aviation Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry, but there was no response. At such a time, the government should have held a press conference and given assurance to the people who were stranded abroad and their families back home.

Unfortunately, that did not happen," Kale claimed. He appreciated the ...