Thursday 27 February 2014

Brent Queensbury Tory council candidates support alleged 'Butcher of Gujarat'

Gardiner's support makes headlines in India
In  September 2013, Brent North Labour MP, Barry Gardiner, faced the wrath of demonstrators at Brent
Civic Centre LINK, over his controversial invitation to Narendra Modi, to address the House of Commons. Modi has been accused of collusion in the massacre of Muslims in the Gujarat in 2002 when more than 1,500 died and many were made homeless. Modi was Gujarat Chief Minister at the time and Human Rights Watch found evidence of state complicity in the violence. Modi leader, of the nationalist BJP is tipped to win the forthcoming April election with many fearing that it will herald an era of extreme Hindu nationalism and religious intolerance.

Kanta Mistry of the Queensbury Action Team
The September  invitation was issued by both Labour Friends of India and Conservative Friends of India.  An unofficial Lab-Con 'Coalition for Modi' exists in Brent North with members of  the 'Queensbury Conservative Action Team' among those campaigning for Modi. The action team are likely to be the Conservative candidates for Queensbury ward in the May local election.

Their website LINK has the strapline 'Local Issues-Local Action-Local Conservatives' which seems a long way from the politics of India on which they have been campaigning

In the Independent today LINK commentator Sunny Hundal describes their activities in an article which gives valuable background on the BJP's links:
British and American Hindus are an important source of support, canvassing and even postal votes for the BJP in India. More recently, they have helped to normalise Modi's reputation after the fallout from 2002. On Sunday afternoon, about 20 Gujaratis gathered at the back of a small restaurant in north-west London to discuss how they could help Modi spread his message. I had been told about it by a friend and decided simply to turn up and observe.

At their regular "Modi Tea Club" events, they raise funds and recruit volunteers. One group member, who is planning to run as a local councillor, applauded the US decision to meet Modi and said British Gujaratis had played an instrumental part. "The pressure we put [on the government] in the UK makes a difference around the world," he says, to applause. Next month, their idol will speak to them and hundreds of other groups around the world via satellite to energise them before the elections


Last night the Monitoring Group and Awaaz organised a parliamentary briefing entitled 'Narendra Modi and the rise of "Hindu Fascism" '. Their publicity read:
 The “Parliamentary Briefing & Forum” will discuss the politics of Narendra Modi. Modi is the current Chief Minister of Gujarat and is the Prime Ministerial candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance coalition for the upcoming 2014 national elections in India. He is also a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an organisation that is described as Hindu nationalist, supremacist and fascist by scholars, journalists and human rights commentators.  The meeting will examine his role as the Head of the State Government during the Gujarat 2002 communal violence and pillage against the Muslim minority population that led to over 1500 deaths, hundreds of rapes against women and displacement of over 200,000 of people from their homes. The forum will also analyse the claim the Modi represents a model for ‘”good governance”. His supporter’s have worked hard to brand Gujarat as a state of dynamic development and economic growth and prosperity, using the slogan "Vibrant Gujarat". The facts, however, reveal that Gujarat has a relatively poor record when it comes to human development, poverty alleviation, nutrition and education.
It is not clear where the Conservative Party nationally stands on these activities by some of their local candidates, and indeed what the local party thinks about this controversial politician.

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, just what British society needs at this point: Hindu fundamentalists.

Anonymous said...

Officers visited Meera’s Village restaurant in Queensbury Station Parade on May 19 where they questioned staff to check they had the right to work in the UK.
Three men were found to be in the country illegally.

http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/9737753.Men_deported_following_raid_on_restaurant

Anonymous said...

Please correct the headings. Brent Tories support alleged 'Butcher of Gujerat' Its only 3 prospective candidates of a ward who are supporting him.

Martin Francis said...

I see what you mean but the three are Brent Tories aren't they. Are you in the know enough to be able to assure me that no other Brent Conservatives are supporting Modi or than none of the other people photographed are party members? Has the North Brent Conservative Party Association distanced itself from their campaign?

Anonymous said...

3 of them not yet offical candidates. No other Brent Tory is publicly supporting Modi but I am aware one sitting Councillor is also a Modi supporter.As far as BNCA is conncerned you need to check it with the Association Chairman.

Anonymous said...

THE BLOG WRITER MUST GET HIS FACTS STRAIGHT!

* To start with you must know how to spell Gujarat! From your heading it is clear you have absolutely no idea about Gujarat! You spelled it Gujerat'

* Modi has been cleared by all sorts of investigations. You wrote alleged butcher. He is no more alleged. He has been cleared of any wrong doing by the highest courts of India. Hence your comments and your vilification of the Council candidates shows you have not even an iota of respect towards the democratic institutions.

* Do you know daily 13000 children below the age of 10 die in India suffering from malnutrition and hunger?
* Do you know in India 17,500 farmers a year killed themselves between 2002 and 2006?

The Tory councillors are supporting the hope of the citizens of India. They are supporting the political hope of India. They think Modi will be able to bring in good governance across India, a kind of governance which Modi has already proven in Gujarat! So what is wrong in such a political hope?! Who are you and how dare you to accuse them of any wrong doing?!

* If you want to call someone who is not guilty as an alleged butcher because 1200 people died then what will you call the Government which is directly responsible for thousands of unnecessary deaths?!

* Modi was not at all impartial in trying to subdue the riots. Do you know 66% of rioters who died in police firing are Hindus???! If Modi was showing any impartiality then how come Hindus are killed more than Muslims in the police firing?

* Please get your facts straight before you accuse the honest hopeful Tory council candidates.

* Former DGP of Punjab KPS Gill, who had served as security advisor to the Gujarat chief minister in 2002, has said that Narendra Modi cannot be blamed for post-Godhra riots as it is the job of the police leadership to respond to law and order situations.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-can-t-be-blamed-for-post-godhra-riots-kps-gill/article1-1146122.aspx




Bob Blackman in Floor of House of Commons.


Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con): In the run-up to the Indian elections, it appears that opponents of Narendra Modi will stop at nothing to smear him, including using rooms in this House to publish thoroughly scurrilous reports attacking him personally. May we have a debate on the relationship between Britain and India—and in particular on the Indian elections—which would give the Foreign Secretary an opportunity to welcome Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister of India?

Minister responce.

India is the world’s largest democracy, and the question of who should be its next Prime Minister is one for the people of that country to decide. I do not think it is one for the United Kingdom to interfere in, or even that it is proper for us in government to debate the merits of that. That is for them to decide. We enjoy excellent relations with politicians in India from across the political spectrum and a number of Indian Chief Ministers have visited the United Kingdom in recent years. We have very much welcomed them.



http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140227/debtext/140227-0001.htm#14022773000589

Anonymous said...

I don't care whether he's The Butcher of Gujerat. But is he halal?

Anonymous said...

This is completely useless article. How can you say butcher to someone, without any proof? Your so called Human right watch has no proof of Govt.s' involvement in rioters. You are just trying earn your bread and butter by creating hatred among various religious group.

Anonymous said...


* Modi has been cleared by all sorts of investigations. You wrote alleged butcher. He is no more alleged. He has been cleared of any wrong doing by the highest courts of India. Hence your comments and your vilification of the Queeensbury Conservatives prospective candidate’s shows you have not even an iota of respect towards the democratic institutions

* Do you know daily 13000 children below the age of 10 die in India suffering from malnutrition and hunger? * Do you know in India 17,500 farmers a year killed themselves between 2002 and 2006?
We are supporting the hope of the citizens of India. We are supporting the political hope of India. We think Modi will be able to bring in good governance across India, a kind of governance which Modi has already proven in Gujarat! So what is wrong in such a political hope?! Who are you and how dare you to accuse us of any wrong doing?!

* If you want to call someone who is not guilty as an alleged butcher because 1200 people died then what will you call the Government which is directly responsible for thousands of unnecessary deaths?!

* Modi was not at all impartial in trying to subdue the riots. Do you know 66% of rioters who died in police firing are Hindus???! If Modi was showing any impartiality then how come Hindus are killed more than Muslims in the police firing?

* Please get your facts straight before you accuse us.

Anonymous said...

Brent Tories will fight the local elections on the state of Brent roads, using motorists as cash cows, libraries, school places, free parking in shopping streets, councilt tax etc. and not on Indian, Gujerati politics.

Anonymous said...

According to a leaked report by the British High Commission in India the violence ‘had all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing and that reconciliation between Hindus and Muslims is impossible while the chief minister [Narendra Modi] remains in power’ and that ‘far from being spontaneous’ it was ‘planned, possibly months in advance, carried out by an extremist Hindu organisation with the support of the state government.’(4) - See more at: http://www.southasiasolidarity.org/2013/08/22/stop-mass-murderer-narendra-modi/#sthash.7ZIghXCe.dpuf

Anonymous said...

An Indian court has sentenced a senior BJP party member to 28 years in jail for her part in murdering 97 people in the 2002 Gujarat religious riots. Maya Kodnani, an ex-minister and aide to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, is the most senior figure so far convicted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19432982

Anonymous said...

When Reuters asked him last year if he regretted the killings in 2002, he said, if “someone else is driving a car and we’re sitting behind, even then if a puppy comes under the wheel, will it be painful or not? Of course it is.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/opinion/sunday/narendra-modis-rise-in-india.html?_r=0

Anonymous said...

In 2002, a train ferrying Hindus was set on fire by Muslims in a town called Godhra, killing 59 people on board and prompting Hindu mob attacks on Muslims across the state. The mobs stabbed, raped and set their victims on fire; they burned homes and businesses. Mr. Modi has never apologized for what happened.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/world/asia/29india.html

Anonymous said...

Narendra Modi 'allowed' Gujarat 2002 anti-Muslim riots. A senior police officer's sworn statement to India's Supreme Court alleges that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi deliberately allowed anti-Muslim riots in the state.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13170914

Anonymous said...

Why Modi and his supporters are hated:
Kodnani was minister of state for woman and child development in the Narendra Modi government earlier, and resigned after her name figured in the Naroda Patia riot case. She was later convicted by a special court for 28 years in the same case where 95 Muslims were killed in the post-Godhra riots, and became the first minister to be so convicted.

"Our sympathies with her in the party and she will be helped out in in all possible ways". State health and finance minister and government spokesperson Nitin Patel . Cabinet member of Modi Govt. Still supporting a convicted.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/in-a-first-narendra-modi-government-clears-air-on-maya-kodnani/1230815

Anonymous said...

India's Conservative Party Still Harbors Fanatics
Narendra Modi's BJP, likely to rule after May's elections, hasn't parted ways with Hindu nationalist extremists.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304360704579416500624464442

Anonymous said...

Myth Of Clean Chit: Gujarat Carnage And Narendra Modi

Modi on Gujarat riots: The chief minister had tried to water down the seriousness of the situation at Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya and other places by saying that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Raju Ramchandran based on same report pointed out that there is enough evidence in the SIT report to prosecute Modi.

http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani050214.htm

Anonymous said...

Brent Tories Queensbury Action Team & their supporters must watch this: The Truth: Gujarat 2002: Babu Bajrangi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfnTl_Fwvbo

Anonymous said...

The Truth: Gujarat 2002
Public prosecutor Bharat Bhatt thinks it is his sacred duty to shield Hindus, even if he is arguing against them in court

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvZY4XAnJvM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvZY4XAnJvM

Anonymous said...

The Truth: Gujarat 2002: Haresh Bhatt:
We made a rocket launcher here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJWApVpLVpQ

Anonymous said...

The Truth: Gujarat 2002: Babu Bajrangi
After killing them I felt like Maharana Pratap. Neither loot nor rape this Bajrang Dal leader had only murder on his mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfnTl_Fwvbo

Anonymous said...

Modi Govt Performance Record:

AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi's supporters may feel that he has served Gujarat enough and now wants to repay the debt to 'Bharat Mata', but Gujarat's actual debt has mounted from Rs 45,301 crore in 2001-02, when he first came to power, and is projected to touch Rs 1.76 lakh crore by 2013-14, when he plans his flight to New Delhi.

As on 31-03-12, the revised estimates of total debt stood at Rs 1,38,978 crore. While two other states - West Bengal (Rs 1,92,100 crore) and Uttar Pradesh (Rs 1,58,400 crore) - have a higher debt, they aren't claiming they are a "model state". Besides, if Modi leaves for Delhi after "settling his debt" with Gujarat, he is leaving behind the highest ever per capita debt of Rs 23,163 - if the population is taken at exactly six crore.

The Gujarat government is paying a mind-boggling interest of Rs. 34.50 crore every day. By 2015-16, the debt would mount to Rs 2,07,695 crore as per the state government's budget estimates. A large chunk of the state's revenues go towards debt servicing. The state's total debt was less than Rs 10,000 crore when the BJP first came to power in Gujarat in 1995.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gujarats-burden-highest-ever-as-debt-free-Modi-plans-flight/articleshow/19409591.cms

Anonymous said...

Tired and false arguments, often repeated by BJP supporters: "Modi has been cleared..." "Gujarat is an economic miracle...", "Modi will bring good governance...", "Modi is not corrupt...". All are answered at

http://narendramodifacts.com/
http://www.truthofgujarat.com/

Anonymous said...

Kanta Mistry husband Kanti Mistry is member of Brent North Conservative Association.