I have known Manoj since his days as President of National Hindu Students Forum (UK) the largest and most active Hindu Students Union outside Bharat. He was outspoken then and is as passionate now as ever with his comments on Sadiq’s election.
He nailed Labour Party with his comments “Sadiq too will be conscious of his responsibility to repair huge damage that Labour Party has inflicted on itself by alienating Hindus, Sikhs and Jewish communities in large parts.”
Although recent-past Labour MPs like George Galloway and Ken Livingstone alienated Indian community with their anti-India rhetoric’s, lackadaisical JC has done nothing to soothe our concerns. He even alienated himself during Indian PM Modiji’s successful visit to UK.
But we must not forget that Labour was the first to establish “Labour Friends of India” and have MPs like Barry Gardiner, Stephen Pound, Keith Vaz and many more pro-India MPs. India gained independence under Clement Atlee’s Labour government, Atlee being the most successful all time PM.
Now exuberant Sadiq has taken first step to mend relations with these communities, as his first official function was to attend Holocaust Memorial Day. He sounds genuine when he says I am “Mayor” of all Londoners, irrespective of their faith, beliefs and political preferences. If Sadiq gives Hindus their long awaited crematorium during his term of office, he will indeed gain our trust and respect. The ball is in his court!
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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