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Controversy erupts in Britain's parliament complex over Modi

London: A debate on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's controversial past sparked a row at a meeting within Britain's parliament complex.  Human rights groups and organisers of ‘Narendra Modi and the Rise of Hindu

India TV News Desk Updated on: February 27, 2014 23:11 IST
controversy erupts in britain s parliament complex over modi
controversy erupts in britain s parliament complex over modi

London: A debate on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's controversial past sparked a row at a meeting within Britain's parliament complex.  Human rights groups and organisers of ‘Narendra Modi and the Rise of Hindu Fascism' at a committee room in the Parliament building yesterday claimed they had been subjected to intense pressure and death threats from Hindu right-wing groups in the UK to cancel the debate. 


“This meeting has been held under extremely difficult conditions, in the face of death threats. It just highlights the inability of Narendra Modi's supporters to tolerate anything other than their narrative and attempts to suppress free speech,” said Chetan Bhatt, director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Bhatt traced Modi's RSS roots during the meeting leading up to his role as chief minister of Gujarat during the 2002 riots.

“The human rights issues are very serious and are not going to go away, no matter what happens in the Indian elections,” he added.

The meeting was also addressed by Yusuf Dawood, a British Gujarati who lost two of his brothers in the 2002 riots and filed a civil case against Modi for genocide and crimes against humanity back in 2004.

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