"I refuse to accept that foster parents can take better care of the child than the natural parents," Swaraj said.
After an Indian woman from Norway wrote to Sushma Swaraj about her son being taken away by Norwegian authorities, the Minister of External Affairs has said that India will convey to the officials that it wants child's restoration with its parents.
Gurvinderjit Kaur, whose son has been taken away by the Norwegian authorities, had approached the Indian Embassy in Oslo seeking government's intervention, following which the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it will now chalk out the future course of action in the case.
Kaur had approached the Indian government with the "formal written" request in this regard, BJP leader Vijay Jolly said.
"Our Ambassador in Norway is meeting the Norwegian authorities today regarding Aryan. I refuse to accept that foster parents can take better care of the child than the natural parents. The foster parents are totally ignorant of the Indian culture and our food habits.
"We want restoration of Aryan to his natural parents. This is our firm stand and Indian Ambassador will convey this to the Norwegian authorities," she said.
Kaur and her husband, who is a Norwegian national, have alleged that authorities in that country have taken away their 5-year-old son Aryan, also a Norwegian national, on a frivolous complaint of abuse.
In its response, the Norwegian Embassy had asked for "restraint" in the case, assuring that it is being handled with "complete sensitivity and awareness".
According to Jolly, the Indian Ambassador "is slated to meet highly placed Norwegian officials in Oslo on December 27".
Jolly also maintained that according to the mother, the child is being "daily served porridge and bread while he is fond of Indian food".
This is the third case since 2011 when children have been taken away from their Indian-origin parents by the authorities in Norway on the grounds of abuse.
In 2011, a three-year-old and a one-year-old were separated from their parents, prompting the then UPA government to take up the issue with Norway.
The Norwegian court later allowed the children to be reunited with their parents.
In December 2012, an Indian couple was jailed on charges of ill treatment of their children, 7 and 2 years. Later, they were sent to their grandparents in Hyderabad.
With agency inputs.
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