Ambala, June 23, Venod Sharma, president of Haryana Janchetna Party and former Union minister today asked the Union Government to speed up all diplomatic channels to secure the safe release of youth abducted in Iraq.

Sharma said the families of these youth were in a bad state as they had not been contacted by any government agency.

Sharma paid a visit to the distressed families in Ambala district.

He asked the workers and leaders of Haryana Janchetna Party to visit all the families in the state to assure them during these trying times.

The president of Haryana Janchetna Party also addressed a workers meeting at Ambala and asked the party members to gear up for the coming Assembly elections scheduled in October.