UK's Labour Party commits to stamping out anti-India sentiments
UK's Opposition Labour Party, hoping to win a mandate to form a government after the July 4 general election, has committed itself to stamping out anti-India sentiments within its ranks and building a strong strategic partnership with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led administration. The party's resolution during an annual conference under former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in favour of international intervention in Kashmir was widely seen as having cost it British Indian votes in the 2019 general election.
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There have also been concerns over some Labour councillors espousing pro-Khalistan views.
At a 'Political Hustings' event for Britain's South Asian community organised by 'Asian Voice' in partnership with City Sikhs and City Hindus Network in London on Friday evening, Labour Party chair and shadow secretary of state for women and equalities Anneliese Dodds claimed that the party led by Keir Starmer is confident of having cleansed its ranks of any members with such extremist views.
«We would certainly never take any group of voters, wherever they're from, for granted; we're working hard for everyone's votes,» said Dodds, in response to a question posed by PTI on winning back Indian diaspora voters alienated in the last polls.
«If there is any evidence on that [anti-India sentiment], whichever group of people, I will do something about that,» she stated,
