Arathi Krishna meets NRK businessmen, labourers in Jubail

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February 25, 2018

Jubail: Arathi Krishna, Deputy Chairperson of the NRI Forum of Karnataka, who is currently on Saudi Arabia tour, on Saturday visited the industrial city of Jubail in the eastern province and interacted with the Indian expatriate community.

Clad in black, Ms Krishna visited various business companies owned by Kannadigas, especially Mangalureans in Jubail including Expertise, Realtech and Al-Muzain. She also visited the NRI labour camps and interacted with them.

She said that the chief minister Siddaramaiah led Karnataka government has been taking pro-active steps to implement the proposals of NRI Forum towards the welfare of Indian expatriates including financial aid to start small-scale business for those who lose job abroad and return home.

Ms Krishna said that the NRI Forum had written to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj asking for a Protector of Emigrants (PoE) office in Bengaluru and it is expected to be materialised soon. The Forum has also requested for the setting up of Videsh Bhavan offering integrated services of passport, attestation and e-migration to help the applicants, she added.

Realtech Ismaeel, Zakariya Muzain, Asif Amaco among other NRK businessmen extended her a warm welcome and accompanied her to the NRI labour camps in the region.

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Might be two reasons.. One for expatriates and ssecond one behalf of contesting in election

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