This is the question that everyone is asking. I have had so many discussions with members of our community who are all asking, ‘Is Gareth Lying?’. Last week Kapil’s Khichadi broke the news what Truptiben had said that in her chat with Gareth (regarding the APPG Gujarati), that there indeed was a witness present who heard the conversation. However, on 29th April Gareth said on twitter, ‘The comments attributed to me in this letter (the letter Truptiben had written to him) are simply not true’.
You might think the matter was now in dispute. However, that’s not true because Truptiben is adamant that what she has stated is the truth and has a witness who can confirm it. On 8th May Truptiben tweeted, ‘I want to make it clear, @GarethThomasMP is misrepresenting the conversation I had with him. He did say, ‘I am unfortunate enough to represent a significant section of the Gujarati community in my constituency'. I stand by what I have stated and can also prove it'.
She is calling out Gareth. So, I say to Gareth, are you lying? Are you lying about the contents of that discussion with Truptiben? Are you lying about the consultation you carried out for the APPG Gujarati? Are you lying about the level of support the APPG has got (after all, the vast majority of organisations have rejected it)? Is lying your modus operandi?
Let me remind readers, I have asked Gareth to provide a full list of every organisation that he consulted, and the criteria for selecting them. And to provide a full list of all individuals that they consulted and why? And to also provide copies of all letters of support they have received. So far, and after more than 6 weeks, I am still waiting. So, I say to Gareth, what are you afraid of? The truth?
Anti-Hindu hatred is now on the rise. The Labour Party seems to give refuge to those who thrive in attacking the Hindu community. We saw this when Islamists attacked us at the High Commission in London, and we saw members of the Labour Party were also in the crowd. The silence of Labour MPs was deafening.
We witnessed a similar pattern when Islamists attacked Hindus and our Mandirs in Leicester. The few Labour Hindu councillors who did call it out – soon found to their cost that the Labour Party was going to exact revenge on them. The compromised Labour Mayor of Leicester had to give up his ill-conceived inquiry into the Islamist attacks because many people felt he was already biased in favour of these extremists.
If this madness by Labour was not enough, they then stopped most of the Hindu councillors from standing up at the recent Council elections. Instead, they put up their own faithful candidates. The locals felt this was open racism, and in full knowledge of their leader Keir Starmer. Not one word from Keir, his silence is even more deafening.
Fortunately, the people of Leicester gave their verdict on 5th May. Labour that hitherto controlled 53 of the 54 seats, lost 22. Yes, that’s right, the unthinkable happened. After decades of total control, they found their prejudice was now being rejected by the voters. The Tories went from 1 seat, to 17 overnight. I suspect if some of the independent candidates had not stood, then there was every possibility that Labour would have lost even more seats to the Tories.
That was not the only devastating result for Labour. In Slough where they controlled 36 of the 42 seats, they lost 18 in one night. The Tories went from 5 seats to 21, a gain of 16 seats.
The message to Keir, and to Gareth, and to the anti-India and anti-Hindu MPs is clear, enough is enough. The Indian and Hindu community are finally waking up and smelling the coffee. The fact that someone like Keir and Gareth can treat our community with such contempt is distasteful. The Jewish community taught Labour a lesson more than a decade ago, maybe General Election 2024 might be the year when our community shows its displeasure to those who practice prejudice, and to those who wish to divide us.
