LONDON: Indian government slammed and snubbed by UK Authorities overdisgraceful act of deporting British MP.
The Indian government’s decision to deny entry to prominent politician andLabour MP Debbie Abrahams caused outrage in the UK as politicians and mediaunited to condemn the Indian regime for barring her entry because shespeaks in favour of the oppressed people of Kashmir and has stronglycondemned Modi for India’s anti-Muslim citizenship laws.
Politicians called on the Indian Government to explain why the Labour MPfrom Oldham East and Saddleworth was denied entry to the country despitehaving a valid visa. *The Guardian, the Times, BBC, Sky, The Independent,Mirror, The Independent* and dozens of other media published news of the MPbeing barred, condemning the Indian government’s intolerance.
Debbie Abrahams, who is Chair of the British Parliament’s All PartyParliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir, was told her visa had been rejectedwhen she arrived in Delhi.
She was subsequently taken to a “deportee cell” and put on a plane to Dubai.
Debbie Abrahams, speaking from Dubai, said the authorities there had takenher passport from her and demanded details of her social media accounts.
“I’m not in a happy place at all,” she said.
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The Labour MP said she was concerned about similarities to the case ofLaleh Shahravesh, who was detained under controversial cybercrime laws forcalling her ex-husband’s new wife a “horse” on Facebook.
“I’m very anxious about that,” the MP said.
Foreign Office minister Lord Tariq Ahmad spoke to the Indian HighCommissioner in London about the situation.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are in contact with the Indianauthorities and Lord Ahmad has spoken with the Indian High Commissioner tounderstand why Deborah Abrahams MP was denied entry to India. We providedconsular assistance to her whilst she was in New Delhi Airport.”
Ms Abrahams said she had an e-visa valid until October 2020 but was”treated like a criminal” when she arrived in India.
