Readers of Asian Voice/Gujarat Samachar are well aware that for the past decade I have been intimating them that there are forces within the UK that are anti-Indian. We find these forces in the media, Parliament, business, our public services and in our educational institutions. The plan of the ‘liberals’ and the hard-left has been to infiltrate all of these sectors. Systematically, their objective was, and is, to ensure that people of their persuasion are given a leg up to power positions so that they can exercise their ideology remotely.
Of course, there might be a few deluded people who might say that this is yet another conspiracy theory. That is always a great get out used time and again to hide the truth. It has worked to date and I suspect these forces that we face believe that they can truly fool most of the people, most of the time. As part of my columns, I had previously written about the various strands of this anti-Indian mafia. Some of you got it and some of you gave the perpetrators the benefit of doubt. That is life and we have to fight our battles as we find them, and so mine continues, even if it means that on occasions it’s a lone voice.
So why have I brought these issues up now? The answer is simple, ever since the election and the emergence of Indian origin MPs on our front bench, we have seen the systematic attack on all of them. The anti-Indian mafia has come out in force. Within hours of PM Johnson announcing his initial front bench, we witnessed the undermining of Priti Patel. Even the shadow front bench seemed to be using cryptic language that these MPs from the BAME community were not quite Black enough for them. In the more recent cabinet reshuffle, we have seen the tally of prominent Indian origin MPs increase to three. Each of them, Priti Patel, Rishi Sunak and Alok Sharma have competence, intelligence, proven track record and are utterly loyal to this nation. Yet, we see in our press, on social media, and in the corridors of Parliament a systematic attack on all of them.
Please don’t get me wrong, all of them have a solid spine and they don’t need me or you to fight their battles. Each of them can take on all of these rogue elements and will come out winners. You might remember, when Priti Patel was addressing the Police, she told them, I have got your back. That was a simple statement, but an incredibly powerful signal to those undermining our Police that they attack them at their peril. As British Indians is it not time that we considered that when our champions are attacked, that it is also an attack on all of us. The anti-Indian mafia is on the march and we as a community need to be mindful of who our real friends are and what we need to do to protect the community. Let’s not allow ignorance or appeasement to get the better of us.
