![]() ![]() It banks on a previously unknown British government report from 2002 commissioned by former British foreign secretary Jack Straw. Not only does the so-called documentary cherry pick facts to stitch a blinkered narrative, but it also shows little regard for India’s institutions. It recently came up with a hitjob against Prime Minister Narendra Modi involving the 2002 Gujarat riots and found him ‘directly responsible’, even though an independent inquiry commission formulated by India’s top court had dismissed all charges and an appeal against that decision has also been recently dismissed. ![]() A 2021 census reveals that the UK is seeing a rapid growth in Muslim population owing to a confluence of factors ranging from higher birth rates, immigration and conversions.Ī record number of British Pakistanis moving to mainstream politics by becoming MPs, or representing have made a career out of baiting India.Īnd then there’s the BBC, the state-sponsored broadcaster that still functions as an imperial relic of the Raj. This anti-India rhetoric eventually finds its way into Britain’s political discourse fuelled by the country’s shifting demographic realities. I have also seen evidence demonstrating that flashpoints related to Kashmir lead to a significant surge in interest from UK Islamists.” The Shawcross review, as quoted in the report, reads: “I have seen evidence of UK extremist groups, as well as a Pakistani cleric with a UK following, calling for the use of violence in Kashmir. The review, according to a report in The Tribune, cautions the British government against the proliferation of “pro-Khalistan extremism” among Sikh communities, and rhetoric from Pakistan “inflaming anti-India sentiment, particularly around the subject of Kashmir” among the Muslim communities in the UK. The British government this week published a review of its counter-terrorism strategy carried out by Commissioner for Public Appointments William Shawcross. Karnataka Election 2023: BJP dropped PM Modi's road show in Bengaluru 'US, India want stability in Pakistan': US envoy to India Eric Garcetti A lot is dictated by demography, Britain’s role as a former colonizer and the cancer of political correctness. Ties instead have recently taken a nosedive forcing 10, Downing Street to make urgent placatory noises.īritain wants to be perceived as India’s ‘friend’, but its society is afflicted with a deep, structural, anti-India malaise that is at cross purposes with that objective. The free trade deal - a campaign promise of Brexiteers and a crucial component of post-Brexit United Kingdom’s economic health - is nowhere close to being finalised. For its own sake Britain should, therefore, hold its nose and fall in line.īut from Britain’s perspective, worryingly, things are moving in the opposite direction. India is on the move, and its rise is inevitable. If post-Brexit Britain intends to be a country of any consequence, aside of its status as America’s peon, it needs to stitch a meaningful partnership with India - its former colony that has upstaged ‘global Britain’ to emerge as the world’s fifth largest economy.
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