British Indians projected the words "Modi not welcome"
British Indians projected the words "Modi not welcome" onto the Houses
of Parliament building on Sunday evening (8 November) in a bold show of
protest against the Indian Prime Minister's visit to the UK next week.
Narendra Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the UK in
nearly a decade when he lands on 12 November.
Protests
Meanwhile, 200 writers – including Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan and Hari
Kunzru – have urged British Prime Minister David Cameron to raise issues
of freedom of expression and intolerance with his Indian counterpart
Narendra Modi.
Demontrators protest opposite Downing Street against Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s official visit in London. (Prasun Sonwalkar/HT Photo)
In the open letter coordinated by PEN International , an association of
writers across the world, they said: “As writers and writers’
organisations committed to protecting and defending freedom of
expression around the world, we, the undersigned, are extremely
concerned about the rising climate of fear, growing intolerance and
violence towards critical voices who challenge orthodoxy or
fundamentalism in India.”
Intelligence agencies have also alerted the government that radical Sikh
outfits are planning to hold massive protests during Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s visit.
An intelligence report reviewed by HT says Khalistani groups in the UK
are planning to hold protests at venues like Wembley Stadium (where Modi
is going to address the Indian diaspora), the Hindu temple, airport, 10
Downing Street (the residence of British Prime Minister David Cameron),
Parliament Square, Indian high commission and outside the hotel where
PM Modi would stay.
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