A video of the speech Patel made to the Heritage Basis in Washington final November has not too long ago surfaced on Twitter, with some Sikhs criticising her for placing Sikh extremism alongside Daesh and Hamas as safety threats dealing with the UK and US.
However Lord Rami Ranger, a peer within the Home of Lords and chairman of the British Sikh Affiliation, stated that as residence secretary of the UK Patel “is true to make sure Britain by no means turns into a launchpad for terrorists”.
“Each British citizen who has taken an oath of alignment to Her Majesty the Queen should be loyal and work exhausting to develop into an asset to the nation. Participating in legal actions in opposition to any nation is punishable by legislation. With the brand new nationality invoice, they may very well be faraway from the nation and stripped of their citizenship,” he stated.
Ranger urged “anti-India Sikhs” to be just like the Sikh Gurus who “have been dedicated to their Mom India and paid supreme sacrifices to protect India’s historical civilisation”.
“Anti-India Sikhs ought to be taught from the Kashmiri militants who’ve been terrorising their fellow Kashmiris for 3 many years and have gained nothing besides to hinder the progress of Kashmiris together with inflicting dying and destruction to their fellow residents,” Ranger added.
He identified that the present BJP authorities has nothing to do with the state of affairs in 1984, and that no prime minister had promoted the lives and teachings of Sikh Gurus on a nationwide and worldwide stage earlier than.
“Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has gone out of the way in which to help Sikhs. Kartarpur hall is an efficient instance and withdrawal of the farm payments one other,” he stated.
Explaining the Sikh extremism reference, a UK authorities spokesperson stated: “The federal government helps the common proper to freedom of expression. Nevertheless, there’s a stability to be struck and we’re clear that this should be carried out inside the legislation. We’re dedicated to tackling those that unfold views that promote hatred in opposition to people and communities and work carefully with worldwide companions to deal with extremism in all its kinds.”
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