Maa Charity Trust, UK organised a faith gathering on Tuesday 11th April at The Hindu Cultural Centre in North London to voice collective expression of abhorrence at the Westminster attacks in London in March, to offer prayers for the victims and appreciative thanks for the emergency services.
Invited speakers included Varshaben Mistry Chairperson of The Metropolitan Police Hindu Association, Right Hon. Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet and Truptiben Patel, President of the Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB) and, Shashibhai Vekaria Patron, HFB and Haribhai Halai.
Rajnikant Jani (Maa Charity Trust) spoke of the untimely deaths of the victims and the irreparable pain and the suffering of the families and in particular the bravery of PC Keith Palmer and the emergency services.
Varshaben Mistry read a message from Neil Basu, the Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police emphasising the importance of vigilance in the community and further stated how important this prayer meeting was to convey the thoughts of the community.
The Right Hon. Theresa Villiers, spoke of the futility of violence where ordinary people going about their everyday lives became victims.
The Met Police were represented by Constables Laura Perrin and Dean Knight very movingly stated that PC Keith Palmer ‘’was of one of us and he died for us’’.
Councillor Sury the Deputy Mayor for Barnet expressed the desire for communities to work together to bring about understanding.
