LONDON – Hindu temples in London being used by Modi’s BJP for campaignagainst Pakistan and British Labour Party over Kashmir stance.
While openly supporting the Conservative Party, the Overseas Friends ofBharatiya Janata Party (OFBJP) in Britain is campaigning in Hindu temples,telling Indian origin voters not to vote for Labour Party for their stancein favour of Kashmiris.
The party is approaching social groups and temples to make speeches againstthe Labour Party, even though no temple, mosque, churches or charity isallowed to do this as it is against Charity Commission rules. Under therules, temples, churches, mosques cannot endorse a party.
OFBJP UK’s President Kuldeep Singh Shekhawa claimed that British Indian’svotes could swing up to 40 seats and affect the election to be held onDecember 12, *Times of India* reported. The British Indian vote has theability to decide the outcome of nearly 40 seats in the upcomingelections. Shekhawa said that the party is trying to oust six Indian-originLabour MPs.
This is astonishing.
A Hindu temple in Britain (a charity) is allowing people to make speechesurging them to vote Conservative because Labour won’t support the Indiangovt on Kashmir.
So problematic on so many levels pic.twitter.com/W17DKbiqqGlink
— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) November 4, 2019link
Shekhawa further said that the party is extending their support to BorisJohnson-led Conservative party for three reasons. “Firstly, some Labour MPsjoined the violent protests outside India House on August 15 and September3. Secondly, no Labour MPs spoke in favour of India in the House of Commonson Kashmir and thirdly because of the Labour motion on Kashmir passed attheir party conference.
The party president said, “Kashmir is an internal matter of India. Why isthe Labour party discussing the Indian state? We will only support MPs whosupport us”. Shekhawa further said that the British-Indian group will besupporting just Virendra Sharma, who represents Ealing Southall.