The All Parliamentary Party Group for British Hindus have written to the Home Secretary Priti Patel regarding the violent clashes that erupted as an estimated 5000 protestors began demonstrations outside the Indian High Commission in London on India's independence day ie.15th August. Protestors, many waving Pakistani and Azad Kashmir flag descended outside India House as tension between India and Pakistan continued to soar over scrapping of Article 370 and 35A.
The anti-India protest, organised by Pakistani groups, in Khalistani and Kashmiri separatist outfits, were separated from the pro-India demonstrators outside India House by metal barriers. Pakistani origin protestors from various UK towns with substantial Pakistani diaspora population like Luton, Bradford, Birmingham etc were brought in chartered buses to head towards High Commission in London. One of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's closest friends, Zulfi Bukhari allegedly also specially travelled to London to join the protests and instigate the crowd of protestors.
APPG writes to Home Secretary
The APPG sent a letter to Ms Patel saying, “This peaceful celebration was marred by organised separatist groups based in the UK. I am aware that many national Indian and Hindu organisations have already written to you, however, we would also like to make it clear and seek reassurances what you are currently doing with regards to protecting British Hindus and non-resident Indians in our country and whether any charges have been brought against the perpetrators pursuant to the Public Disorder Act 1986 and the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (or other legislation as appropriate that makes certain acts potentially punishable as incitement to hatred?)
“These separatist groups planned to deliberately harass, victimise and threaten peaceful people. This was completely unwarranted, notwithstanding the fact that the very alleged sentiments being condemned by the protestors against India, were being protested with violent and threatening speech and behaviour against the local British community.”
It further added, “The community is still waiting for the damaging “caste” legislation to be repealed. Instances of hate crime against Hindus has increased over the years and anti- Hindu/Indian sentiment is clearly on the rise. In recent months, the ill-thought out definition of Islamophobia is being taken on board by various Councils, including political parties. This all points towards the fact that a peaceful community is being discriminated against and persecuted and the authorities are allowing this behaviour to continue without reassurances.
“As the Hindu Forum of Britain has requested a meeting with you via its recent open letter, this ought to be welcomed and taken seriously with a meeting being organised as soon as possible. There are many other matters against the British Hindu Community that you ought to take up as well as exposing anti-Hindu/Indian groups and individuals operating in the UK that promotes such anti-social behaviour.”
They also reminded the Home Secretary of the temples and organisations that were attacked in the UK after Babri Masjid demolition in India in December 1992.
Letter to Naz Shah MP
The British Hindus Voice, wrote to MP Naz Shah, Shadow Minister of State for Women and Equalities saying, “It would be helpful to know since you are the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, what your response would be on the following serious violations (in Kashmir) and if and when you have raised your concerns relating to Women and Equalities with the British PM or another Minister of Her Majesty’s Government (HMG):
“1. Kashmiri women getting married to ‘outsiders’ lost their right to inherit properties.
“2. Kashmiri Pandits-almost 500,000 –who had lived in the valley for thousands of years thrown out from their homeland and the State of Kashmir did not shed any tears on them or gave them encouragement to return promising safety
“Fact was, messages were being blared out of Mosque loudspeakers asking Kashmiri Pandits to leave and adding that they should leave behind their wives and daughters...
“It is inaccurate to assert that Article 370 has been abrogated since it remains intact. Only Article 35A, which was inserted, within the ambit of Article 370, in 1954 by a Presidential order that created exceptions and suspended some of the fundamental rights for citizens enshrined in the Indian Constitution in J&K, has now been rescinded legally by another Presidential order and the Indian Constitution extended, without exceptions to J&K. One of these fundamental rights is the right of non-residents in J&K to acquire property.
“It would help if you were to start seeing the issues and the challenges without your faith tinted prejudiced and poisoned glasses.
“Human Rights issues are universal and should be condemned whether they are perpetrated by Muslims on other Muslims, or Muslims on minorities or on Muslims by other faiths. Unless one is prepared to condemn it irrespective of who is committing it, a faith tinted self-promoting partisan approach, especially by a Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities will not hold any traction with the majority of the population.
“Finally, as the Labour Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, it would be helpful to know which Labour Party policy framework the views you express fall in?”
BBC against Hindus?
Hasmukh Shah Velji, a community leader addressed the BBC saying, 'does BBC consider Hindus as less equals?'
He wrote, “Once again the BBC has failed Hindus miserably over the issue of Kashmir and the revocation of Article 370 which when removed will provide equality of all faiths, races, creed and more important for women. But the BBC has chosen to present only the jihadist and extremist Pakistani view which has suppressed minorities and women since its birth 72 years ago.
“Pakistan is the epicentre of terrorism training and funding and is responsible for invoking proxy war against the largest democracy in the world, India. Pakistan sponsored terrorists, jihadists and extremists have, since 1989, persecuted over 500,000 Kashmiri Hindus out of their ancestral home of 5,000 years and usurped their land, properties, places of worship and businesses. They did not stop at that.
“Their religious leaders, the mullahs, blared over the loudspeakers from the turrets of every mosques in Srinagar, in 1990, that Kashmiri Hindus should leave everything behind, including their women and girls whom they will take into their care in their harems. This was nearly 30 years ago. All this while there was deafening silence from the BBC, the UNO and all the western governments. None of them spoke a word about the Kashmiri Hindu human right violations, or their pain, or their loss of their ancestral home or how their menfolk were massacred, dismembered, how their women & girls were raped and killed. Not a peep from the BBC...BBC's image is tarnished in the eyes of 1.3 billion people of the world.”
