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Internet sensation Ranu Mondal gets angry on being touched by a fan, netizens react to her arrogance

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Internet sensation Ranu Mondal gets angry on being touched by a fan, netizens react to her arrogance

Internet sensation Ranu Mondal, who had hogged the limelight after a video of her singing ‘ek pyaar ka nagma hai’ at the railway station went viral over the net, is once again breaking the net, but this time for the wrong reason.

Even after becoming a singing sensation, Mondal for all this while appeared extremely polite and humble, until in the shocking video which surfaced recently the singer was seen getting angry at a female fan for touching her at a supermarket.

In the video, Mondal was seen behaving rudely with a lady fan who spotted her buying something at a supermarket. The excited fan held her hand and asked for a selfie. Ranu got angry at the lady fan and asked her why she held her hand like that. First, she tells the woman to stay away and then taps her shoulders, apparently mimicking the woman, and asks what is the meaning of doing so. However, the fan didn’t say anything and maintained a smile on her face.


The social media users were quick to react to her behaviour. The internet has flooded with messages like: “Shameful, aukat se zyaada kisiko mile to yehi haal hota hai” and more, calling out Mondal’s overbearing attitude and arrogance.

Mondal became a star overnight after receiving adoration from several social media users. Ranu’s singing was loved so much that she also got a chance to make her Bollywood debut through music composer Himesh Reshammiya.

Ranu Mondal has now become a Bollywood singer. She has recorded two songs for Himesh Reshammiya’s next movie, Happy Hardy And Heer. Meanwhile, there are unconfirmed reports that filmmaker Hrishikesh Mandal will be making a film on the life of Ranu Mondal soon.

Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana takes a dig at Devendra Fadnavis, calls him an ‘outgoing’ chief minister

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Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana takes a dig at Devendra Fadnavis, calls him an ‘outgoing’ chief minister

In the latest editorial published on Saamana, Shiv Sena took a jibe at the Maharashtra chief minister candidate Devendra Fadnavis by calling him an ‘outgoing chief minister’. Known for its mordant critique, the article on Saamana asserted that Fadnavis was at “loss of words” after his recently concluded meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The article also held a dim view of the worsening environmental conditions in Delhi. Referring to the meeting between Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis held in Delhi, the Sena mouthpiece took a swipe at Fadnavis saying that “he is trying to procure lifeline from a state where people are wearing masks to survive”. In a clear dig, the editorial mentioned that getting a “majority in Maharashtra is akin to getting a plane to land in Delhi in zero visibility”.

“The outgoing chief minister, who came back to Maharashtra from the polluted Delhi, will have to take the next step forward. The step taken by him will determine the future course of action,” the article read. However, it also contended that in the next 5-6 days, there will be better clarity on whose is forming the government in the state.

Devendra Fadnavis had gone to Delhi to meet Amit Shah and discuss the impasse that has hit the state of Maharashtra amidst the tussle between the BJP and Shiv Sena over the post of Chief Minister. Following his meeting Shah, Fadnavis assured that a BJP government will be formed in the state and he will take the oath as the Chief Minister of the state.

Read- Maharashtra: Shiv Sena moving back and forth on power sharing formula, after softening stand again says will not step back

The political parties- Shiv Sena and the BJP have been alliance partners for about 30 years and contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections jointly. Ever since the results came out on October 24, the two allies have been constantly squabbling over the power sharing formula and chief ministerial post. While the larger party of the coalition-the BJP has been adamant on continuing with Devendra Fadnavis as the state’s chief minister, the Sena has been insistent on adhering to what it says a prepoll agreement of 50-50 formula. The Sena claims that according to 50-50 formula agreed upon by the BJP, both the parties will have a chief minister for two and a half years each. However, Fadnavis has refuted saying no such agreement was deliberated.

The Sena has today written to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat seeking his intervention to end the current imbroglio with the BJP. This request has come after RSS accused Sena of “faking innocence” in its power struggle with the BJP. The letter was written by one of the advisors of Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray in which he urged Bhagwat to end the rift between the two alliance partners. He has specifically requested Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to placate the two sparring parties by brokering a deal between them. Earlier today, RSS had slammed both the BJP and the Sena, describing them as “Vikram and Betal” and asserted that they should think about the people of Maharashtra.

Pakistan: Men dig up grave of a woman and rape the dead body a day after burial

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Pakistan: Men dig up grave of a woman and rape the dead body a day after burial

In a barbaric incident in Pakistan, a group of unidentified men dug up the grave of a woman in a graveyard in Karachi’s Landhi Town area and raped the dead body.

According to the reports, the shocking incident came to light after the family of the deceased were informed that men had dug up the grave of the woman and raped the body, who was buried just a day earlier. As the family members were alerted of this heinous crime, a large number of them, including the neighbours reached the Ismail Goth graveyard.

However, the deceased’s family said that they did not wish to file any cases regarding the horrible incident. The family further said the undertaker responsible for the maintenance and upkeep in the graveyard told them that a dog had removed the slab from the freshly-made grave.

The family, however, do not believe that a dog would be capable of removing the slab from a grave, adding that the grave-digger vanished from the graveyard later.

Read: ‘Pakistani ‘pop singer’ Rabi Pirzada uploads picture wearing ‘explosives’, expresses her wish to ‘suicide bomb’ PM Modi

Reportedly, it is still unclear how many men were involved in this shocking incident. On the other hand, the police have gathered evidence from the site of the crime and confirmed that the grave-digger was nowhere to be found. The police have begun their searches to look for and detain the grave-digger.

The late woman’s relatives informed the police that they did not wish up to take any legal action over the matter but stressed on their appeal that such an incident should not take place in the future.

In 2011, a gravekeeper named Muhammad Rizwan from North Nazimabad, Karachi was arrested for necrophilia. He was arrested after he confessed to raping 48 female corpses. Rizwan was caught running away after desecrating a corpse. He had caught the attention of nearby grave diggers and some other people.

Sushma Swaraj’s husband Swaraj Kaushal shares why the former union minister refused to go abroad for kidney treatment

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Sushma Swaraj’s husband Swaraj Kaushal shares why the former union minister refused to go abroad for kidney treatment

Former external affairs minister and BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj breathed her last on the night of August 6 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Months after the remarkable leader left for her heavenly abode, her husband and former MP Swaraj Kaushal took to Twitter to pen down a memoir of his wife. He shares why the former minister chose AIIMS for her kidney transplant and refused to go abroad for her treatment.

In December 2016, Sushma Swaraj underwent the transplant, a nearly five-hour-long surgery, at AIIMS with a kidney donated by a living unrelated donor. The surgery was conducted at the cardio-thoracic centre by a team of doctors including AIIMS director M.C. Mishra, surgeons V.K. Bansal, V. Seenu and nephrologist Sandeep Mahajan.

Swaraj Kaushal recollects how late former Union minister Sushma Swaraj insisted on undergoing the surgery at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) even as doctors there were not ready to perform it, saying people will lose faith in “our doctors and hospital” if she travelled abroad for treatment. She fixed the date of her surgery and told Dr Mukut Minz: “Doctor saheb, aap sirf instrument pakadaiye, Krishna meri surgery aap karenge” (you just hold the scalpel, Lord Krishna will do my surgery).


Swaraj Kaushal recalled that she was smiling in an easy chair just a day later. “Just a day later, she was smiling in an easy chair. She said ‘if we go abroad, people will lose faith in our Doctors and hospitals.’ She treated her surgery as a minor operation. She gave all credit to the AIIMS doctors who are best in the world, dedicated sisters and the staff.


In another Tweet, Kaushal thanked PM Modi and wrote that he and his wife would be eternally ever grateful for the unfailing support and all the help the Prime Minister extended towards them during those crucial days.

Read: Hate mongers celebrate her death as the nation mourns stateswoman Sushma Swaraj

He wrote that the Prime Minister gave them the hospital wing meant for the PM and was in constant touch with the doctors and with Sushma Swaraj. “There was nothing that should have been done and was not done. As a result, she was fully recovered and back to work. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Prime Minister”, Tweeted Swaraj Kaushal, who is a lawyer and former Mizoram governor.

“We should trust our doctors. We should have none of these Enquiry Commissions. That deters our brilliant doctors from operating on the VIPs. We salute our doctors in AIIMS. Nothing can match their competence and commitment,” wrote Kaushal hailing the brilliance of the dedicated doctors in India.


Clearing the misconception on the success rate of kidney transplant in our country, the practising Indian criminal lawyer wrote: “The best Surgeon abroad does only 30 transplant surgeries in a year. Dr Mukut Minz has done over 3,500 transplants. Dr V K Bansal of AIIMS has done over 1000 and Dr Sandeep Guleria does 300 a year. The success rate is as high as the best in the world. Be proud of our medical talent”, he said.

The stateswoman had stayed away from public life for a while after her surgery and announced during the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections last year that she will not contest 2019 national polls on health grounds.

Swaraj had redefined the relationship between the people and the government. Using social media to its fullest extent during her term as External Affairs minister in the first Modi government, she had reached out and helped countless Indians stranded in other countries. Often, a mere tweet calling for help was enough for her to reach out and provide help in the most difficult of scenarios.

Political leaders across the political spectrum had expressed their sadness and offered condolences to Swaraj’s family. India grieves the demise of a remarkable leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had tweeted after the death of former union minister and BJP veteran Sushma Swaraj at Delhi’s AIIMS hospital on August 6, 2019.

Delhi Police vs Lawyers: Police personnel carry out protest outside Delhi police HQ over repeated assaults by lawyers

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Delhi Police vs Lawyers: Police personnel carry out protest outside Delhi police HQ over repeated assaults by lawyers

Personnel of Delhi police hit the streets outside the city police headquarters ITO today protesting against the hooliganism unleashed by lawyers in the last few days. They were wearing a black band on their arms to condemn the attacks on their ranks. The protests come a day after a policeman was assaulted by a group of lawyers near Saket district court in Delhi. A video of the assault had gone viral in which the lawyers can be seen raining blows on the policeman.

Last week, a row over parking dispute devolved into a violent altercation between lawyers and policemen at Tis Hazari court. A police car was set ablaze and 20 more vehicles were vandalised during the clashes. 2 Cops were suspended by the Delhi High Court and a judicial probe was ordered.

The Delhi Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik addressed the police personnel protesting at the Police Head Quarters (PHQ) in ITO saying, “Some of the incidents in the last few days in the country’s capital have been handled very well by the forces. The situation is gradually improving. I appeal to all to maintain peace. It’s testing time for us. We need to fulfil the responsibility of maintaining and assuring law and order. We are guardians of law and people expect us to assure law and order in the capital.”

Several IAS officers took to Twitter to condemn the continued attack on policemen. Former DGP of Jammu and Kashmir, Shesh Paul Vaid tweeted that he is saddened to see the plight of policemen who spend their entire lives protecting civil society and maintaining law and order are treated such inhumanly.


Karnataka officer, D Roopa tweeted that the repeated attack on police officers is a mockery of the system and wished that strictest action should be taken against the hooligans who take the law into their hands.


DGP Andaman and Nicobar Island, Dependra Pathak slammed lawyers saying that they are lumpen elements in the garb of Black Coat who pose a threat to social orderliness in Delhi. He further said that fear must be instilled among these mischief mongers.


Even the IPS association issued a tweet denouncing the treatment meted out to police officers in Delhi. Condemning the attacks on police, it declared that it stands in solidarity with the police personnel subjected to physical assault and humiliation.


According to the Home Ministry sources, Lieutenant Governor has been entrusted with the responsibility of diffusing the situation as the ITO, where Delhi police headquarters is located, has come to an absolute standstill amidst unprecedented protest staged by the police officers against the hostile behaviour of the lawyers.

After KRK, another Indian decides to take on Twitter legally for suspending his account

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After KRK, another Indian decides to take on Twitter legally for suspending his account

In 2017, ‘Deshdrohi’ actor and Bollywood critic Kamaal R Khan, popularly known as KRK, had threatened legal action against micro-blogging site Twitter for suspending his account and not restoring it. It was suspended after he gave bad review of Ajay Devgn starrer film ‘Shivaay’. He had even sent a legal notice to Twitter though his lawyers.


KRK had said that his suspended Twitter account left him in agony and was so depressed he had even threatened to commit suicide over his suspension.

Almost two years later, another Indian has threatened to take Twitter to courts. According to a report by ThePrint, senior Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Hegde has decided to take the social media platform to court. In fact, quite the lawyer that he is, he has even decided to move international court to restore his Twitter account if need be.

Read: Columnist working for ‘blue tick Baniya’ Shekhar Gupta attacks Twitter for not giving blue ticks to Dalits

Hegde’s account was suspended last week over alleged violation of Twitter rules and he had appealed to Twitter to restore his account. On Tuesday morning, however, Twitter said his account will not be restored.

Twitter refusing to restore Sanjay Hegde’s account (image: ThePrint)

As per Twitter, to create a safe space for users, if an account indulges in hateful conduct by uploading sensitive content on profile or header image, name, bio, location or website, it is violation of rules. Hegde told ThePrint that he is left with no other option but to migrate to other platform and to take Twitter to court over his suspension of account. He is examining all options including taking this matter to international courts.

Hegde’s account has been suspended multiple times in last few weeks. Earlier in October, he claimed his account was suspended for having the Nazi resistance image as his header image. His account was restored after the image was deleted. Next day, as per him, his account was suspended for a 2017 tweet where he had shared a Gorakh Pandey poem titled ‘Hang Him’.

Meanwhile, about a month after Twitter suspended his account, Bollywood critic and actor Kamaal R Khan’s account was restored. Thereby, Twitter hinted that KRK is not some 2 Rs person. However, it remains to be seen how much worth Twitter attaches to Hegde.

‘May Allah forgive my sins,’ Pakistan pop singer Rabi Pirzada, who threatened to suicide bomb PM Modi, quits showbiz

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‘May Allah forgive my sins,’ Pakistan pop singer Rabi Pirzada, who threatened to suicide bomb PM Modi, quits showbiz

Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada has ‘quit showbiz’ after her private nude videos were leaked last week. The private videos and images of Pirzada were allegedly leaked soon after she had criticised Pakistani Army spokesperson Asif Ghafoor on Twitter.

While she announces that she is quitting showbiz, Rabi Pirzada also sought forgiveness for ‘Allah’ for all her sins. Rabi took to Twitter and wrote, “I, Rabi Pirzada quitting showbiz. May Allah forgive my sins. And soften the hearts of people in my favour.”


Rabi Pirzada is the Pakistani singer who had gained social media attention in India by claiming to release snakes and crocodiles on PM Modi after the abrogation of Article 370 and recently had worn the popular Pakistani costume, the ‘suicide vest’ to ‘threaten’ PM Modi. She is apparently a pop singer with a considerable fan following in Pakistan.

Pirzada’s nude photos and videos were leaked in the early hours of Friday. Interestingly, Pirzada had criticised Pakistan Army’s spokesperson (DGISPR) Asif Ghafoor, popularly known on Twitter as ‘Ghafoora’, over the latter’s defence of a much-trolled item song in Pakistan Army sponsored movie ‘Kaaf Kangana’ by Pakistani actress Neelam Muneer.

Read: ‘Pakistani ‘pop singer’ Rabi Pirzada uploads picture wearing ‘explosives’, expresses her wish to ‘suicide bomb’ PM Modi

The item song of the Pakistan Army sponsored movie was heavily criticised for its content and lyrics. However, Asif Ghafoor had come out in defence of the song claiming that in the movie’s context, it is an Indian girl dancing. Her video had purportedly flooded Pakistani internet and the singer was brutally trolled on social media. However, many of her fans had taken to Twitter requesting social media users not to share or discuss the nude videos. There were claims that since she had criticised DGISPR, Ghafoora may be behind the ‘leak’.

Nevertheless, very soon, Pakistani Twitter users also started claiming that the videos were leaked from Pirzada’s mobile phone by her ex-boyfriend who apparently had her iCloud password. Some handles were also claiming that she had sold her phone recently which contained some private videos and the leak might have come from there.

Pirzada had maintained silence over the issue so far until she decided to quit the show business yesterday. She has, however, still not mentioned this as the reason for her resigning for the entertainment industry.

Andhra Pradesh: After outrage, YS Jaganmohan Reddy reinstates the award in name of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

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Andhra Pradesh: After outrage, YS Jaganmohan Reddy reinstates the award in name of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Following backlash over renaming of an award, the Andhra Pradesh government has now decided to immediately cancel the earlier government order to rename the ‘Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Pratibha Puraskar Awards’ in the memory of Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy’s late father YS Rajashekhar Reddy.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has directed to cancel his government’s earlier order and further ordered to reinstate the name of former President APJ Abdul Kalam for ‘Pratibha Puraskar Awards’.


Earlier on Monday, the Andhra Pradesh government led by YS Jaganmohan Reddy had decided to rename an award named after former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in the memory of Jaganmohan Reddy’s father YS Rajasekhara Reddy. It was reported that “Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Pratibha Puraskar Awards” was to be renamed as “YSR Vidya Puraskars” from this year onwards.

The awards, which are supposed to distributed to meritorious students in the state was decided to now be named after the Congress leader instead of former President APJ Abdul Kalam. The awards will be distributed on the occasion of National Education Day, the birth anniversary of India’s first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, on 11th November.

BBC and Jansatta spread fake news, paint Congress linked outfit supporting stubble burning as RSS linked

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BBC and Jansatta spread fake news, paint Congress linked outfit supporting stubble burning as RSS linked

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has come up with yet another fake news, by falsely linking a farmers’ organisation with the RSS. In a report published by BBC Hindi on the stubble burning that is causing massive pollution in North India, they mentioned that Bharatiya Kisan Union is associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which is not correct. BBC Hindi mentioned this lie in a report quoting Jansatta, and the Jansatta report also mentions in its headline that BKU is related with RSS.

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BBC report saying BKU is part of RSS
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Jansatta report saying BKU is part of RSS

The report states that Bharatiya Kisan Union has said that they have no other option other than burning stubble if they don’t receive a subsidy from the government. The union says that the farmers will stop burning the husk left in the file after harvesting paddy only after they receive ₹200 per quintal as a bonus or financial assistance to take alternate measures to dispose of the stubble. Along with this, BKU is demanding the release of farmers arrested by Punjab government for burning stubble which illegal as per law. The union also said that it is unhappy over the Supreme Court order banning stubble burning.

At the end of the short report, BBC Hindi adds, ‘it may be noted that Bharatiya Kisan Union is an organisation related to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’. But this is a lie, because the farmers’ organisation associated with RSS is Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), not the BKU. Although they have similar names, they are completely different organisations. BKU was set up by well-known farmer leader late Mahendra Singh Tikait, and currently, the organisation is led by his son Naresh Tikait.

Read: The BBC research on ‘fake news’ is shoddy, unethical, dishonest, and actually an example of fake news

BKU has no relation with the RSS, and in fact, RSS affiliated farmers’ organisation BKS does not agree with BKU in many cases. Last year Bharatiya Kisan Sangh had stayed away from the farmers’ protests led by Bharatiya Kisan Union. BKS had said that they can’t align with BKU as they have made their political ambitions clear.


Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, Bharatiya Kisan Union had announced support for Congress party. BKU national president S. Bhupinder Singh Mann had said that they had decided to support Congress after evaluating the manifestos of both BJP and Congress. BKU is associated with All India Kisan Coordination Committee (KCC), which had also supported the Congress party in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Former Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar had attended a BKU rally in September 2018 in Lucknow, and as per media reports, he did it as per instructions of then party president Rahul Gandhi.

This clearly shows that BKU maintains a close association with the Congress party, but sections of media is hiding that fact and linking them with RSS in an attempt to defame RSS, as BKU is refusing to stop burning stubble.

United Kingdom: As Labour Party takes anti-India stand, Indian diaspora to campaign for Conservatives in December 2019 elections

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United Kingdom: As Labour Party takes anti-India stand, Indian diaspora to campaign for Conservatives in December 2019 elections

In an unprecedented development, which could have massive ramifications on the future of global politics, especially the United Kingdom, the Indian diaspora in Britain have decided to actively campaign for the incumbent Conservative Party in the UK general election.

With Labour Party taking an anti-India stand, the Indian diaspora is all set to reject them electorally in the upcoming elections, which could set up a new template for future elections in many countries.

According to the reports, the Indian diaspora and mainly the BJP supporters have decided to put their weight behind the Boris Johnson led Conservative party also known as the ‘Tories’ in the 48 marginal seats that go to polls on December 12. The Indian groups are campaigning for the ruling party and asking people belonging to Indian-origin voters not to vote for the Labour party.

The British Indian vote has the ability to decide the outcome of nearly 40 seats in the upcoming elections and could be a gamechanger if they vote en masse for one single party in the UK elections.

Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat, the UK President of Overseas Friends of BJP, said that his group had identified 48 Labour-Conservative marginal seats in which the British Indian vote could play a decisive role. He further stated that the Indian diaspora group is trying to oust six Indian-origin Labour MPs.

“We are doing this for three reasons. Firstly, some Labour MPs joined the violent protests outside India House on August 15 and September 3. Secondly, no Labour MPs spoke in favour of India in the House of Commons on Kashmir, and thirdly because of the Labour motion on Kashmir passed at their party conference. Kashmir is an internal matter of India. Why is the Labour party discussing the Indian state? We will only support MPs who support us,” Shekhawat said.

Read: British Indians clean up the trash left by Pakistani goons outside Indian High Commission, send symbolic invoice to Mayor Sadiq Khan

Shekhawat added that the diaspora is working with the Tory candidates in Keith Vaz’s ex seat, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi’s seat, Preet Gill’s seat, Lisa Nandy’s seat, Seema Malhotra’s and Valerie Vaz’s seats, he said. All six are Indian-origin Labour MPs.

He added that the Indian groups will not be supporting the Labour MPs because some of them have a Khalistani tag and are not doing anything for India or looking at India as a sovereign nation. “Some of them have signed letters against India. We will happily support anyone who supports India as a sovereign nation, including non-Indian origin candidates, against these candidates,” Shekhawat said.

Prominent Pakistan-origin people associated with the Labour Party in the UK were also part of anti-India protests where Pakistanis attacked the Indian High Commission in the UK in September 2019 on abrogation of Article 370 in J&K.

“If the entire Indian community in the UK votes Tory, we will see a swing of around 40 seats to the Tories. This will swing the actual election result,” he declared.

Read: UK’s Labour Party passes resolution on Kashmir mirroring Pakistan’s stand, India calls it ‘pandering vote bank interests’

This is the first time the OFBJP has ever extended open support for a party in a UK general election. The Indian diaspora campaign against the Labour Party comes as a response for its anti-India stand of the Labour party. On September 25, the Labour Party had passed a resolution that supported “international intervention in Kashmir and a call for UN led-referendum.”

The resolution passed by the Labour party had asked Corbyn to meet the high commissioners of both India and Pakistan to ensure there is “mediation” and restoration of peace and normality to prevent a potential nuclear conflict. The Labour party’s stand on Kashmir is contrary to India’s position on Kashmir. India has categorically told the international community that its move on Kashmir was an internal matter. India maintains Kashmir is a bilateral issue and no third party has any role in it.

Interestingly, the Indian community in Britain till now never voted as a bloc, unlike the Pakistan community, which is directed by imams on how to vote. With Labour party trying to meddle in India’s internal affairs, the OFBJP is approaching temples, social groups, and hundreds of Asian community bodies to tell them not to vote Labour. “We have met 37 groups so far and organised meetings in all the possible temples,” Shekhawat said.

According to Shekhawat, the British-Indian group will be supporting just one Labour PIO MP, Virendra Sharma, who represents Ealing Southall, as he had stood up for the community.

He added that not a single Hindu will vote for Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi as Hindu voters think he is working closely with the Pakistani community. “He is always seen with Pakistanis and goes to the Pakistan high commission. He is a vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism and was vice-chair of the APPG Kashmir group. Why is that? The Indian community in Slough are annoyed and have decided to vote for the Tory candidate,” Shekhawat said.

Read: London: Pakistani mob led by British Labour MP attacks Indian High Commission, smash windows

The OFBJP UK President said that they have a team in each constituency which is going around with the Tory candidate leafleting, speaking to people and persuading them to vote Tory. The teams are organised by the BJP and Friends of India Society International (FISI), he added.

“Until December 2018 the majority of Indians supported Labour. But in the last seven to eight months Labour has shown a radical face. With Corbyn at the head, Labour is opposed to anything India wants to do and Corbyn never speaks good about India. Kashmir was the flashpoint. But anger was building up for months,” Shekhawat said.

Reportedly, the OFBJP has already organised their first campaign meeting and invited 300 Indian-origin constituents on Sunday to a meeting with Tory MP Bob Blackman from Harrow East who has a majority of just 1,757 above Labour. They also had a meeting with Dr Anwara Ali who is standing for the Tories in Harrow West, which currently has a Labour MP with a majority of 13,314.

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