Today is a black day for all Indians and British Indians in the UK. The Labour Party at its annual party conference in Brighton on 25 Sep 2019 passed a controversial emergency motion calling for international intervention on the Kashmir issue and a resolution calling for Jeremy Corbyn to seek international observers to "enter" the region and demand the right of self-determination for its people. This amounts to direct interference in India’s internal matters. It is also important to note that several highly biased, controversial allegations were made against India without presenting any evidence and without any discussions or due diligence to this effect, disregarding long-standing international conventions.
The High Commission of India in London has cancelled the annual reception with Labour Friends of India and the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India has condemned this motion, calling it “uninformed, unfounded and an attempt at pandering to vote-bank interests, ruling out any engagement with the Labour Party”.
This puts a big question mark on any future relations between India (the 5th largest and fastest growing economy in the world) and the United Kingdom under a Labour Govt. I would encourage all British Indians, regardless of political affiliations, to come together in unity on this matter, unconditionally condemn this Labour motion, and formally ask Labour to withdraw this motion immediately and apologise unreservedly to India and British Indians. This is about the pride and integrity of our motherland India and there can be no compromise on this matter. Jai Hind. Jai Bharat
G Mistry
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