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April 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Gardiner was the first of a number of MPs, both Labour and Tory, whose adulation for Modi is linked to Hindutva supporting vote banks in areas like Harrow, Brent and Leicester.
April 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
After the Gujarat genocide of 2002, progressive South Asian organisations in Britain exposed Sewa International for diverting funds raised for earthquake relief and channelling them to organisations directly involved in carrying out the violence.
April 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
In 2001, Barry Gardiner, MP for Brent North and Chair of Labour Friends of India, a devoted follower of Modi, visited Gujarat and personally presented Modi with a cheque for £1 million collected by Sewa International for earthquake relief.
April 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Fourth, that Indians in foreign lands should help Congress leaders when they travelled abroad on political work;
Fifth, that ‘some of our first class students’ overseas should be specially trained for publicity work.
April 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Second, that this propaganda work should be in the hands of overseas Indians working under the ‘direct supervision of the Indian National Congress’;
Third, that the Congress should supply ‘authentic’ social and political news every week for dissemination overseas;
April 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM