India will take with the United Kingdom if there is a need for alleged incidents of racism in Britain, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. He described India as the land of Mahatma Gandhi and said that it can never turn its eyes away from casteism.
Responding to concerns arising out of racism and cyber attacks by a BJP MP, Rashmi Samant of Indian origin was forced to resign as the President of the Students’ Union of Oxford University, the minister said. We have strong ties with and will take up such matters with great candor. When necessary.
“I paid attention to the sentiments of the House,” he said. “I want to say that as the land of Mahatma Gandhi, we can never turn our eyes away from casteism, wherever it may be. Especially when it is in a country where we have so many expatriates, ”he said.
Ms. Samant was the first Indian woman to be elected as the president of the Oxford University Students’ Union, who was forced to resign within five days of her appointment on several of her social media posts, which were labeled anti-Semitic and racist Was.
BJP’s Ashwini Vaishnav said she was a victim of cyber attack and her parents’ Hindu religious beliefs were publicly attacked by a faculty member.
Jaishankar said, “As a UK friend, we also worry about its iconic impact.”
“What I want to say is that we have a strong relationship with the UK (and). We will take up such matters with great clarity.” “We will monitor these incidents very closely. When there is a need, we will increase it and we will always fight against casteism and other forms of intolerance. “
Raising the issue through the mention of zero hours, Mr. Vaishnav said that the United Kingdom has a continuum of attitudes and prejudices from the colonial era.
A bright student from Udupi, Karnataka, Ms. Samanta overcame all challenges to become the first Indian woman president of the Sangh. But “what treatment did he have?” He asked. “Shouldn’t this diversity be celebrated?”
“Instead, he was cyberbulled to the point that he would have to resign. Even his parents’ Hindu religious belief was publicly attacked by a faculty member who was unaffected. If it happens in an institute like Oxford, what message goes to the world, ”he said.
While she had issued a public apology for ‘unknowingly’ hurting someone’s feelings, Samantha believes she was unfairly targeted as a ‘conscious effort’.
Mr Vaishnav also accused Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, of racism by UK royalty.
“The behavior of a society is actually a reflection of its beliefs and value system. If such practices of racial discrimination are followed at the highest level in society, what will happen at lower levels, ”he asked.
The two examples were not isolated, he said, adding that the treatment of migrants and their isolation on racial grounds in Britain is very well known around the world.
A recent report has stated that the death rate of people of Asian descent due to COVID-19 is higher than the death rate in other communities in the UK. “Doesn’t this raise a bigger question about equal access to health and indeed the whole basic human rights issue?”
He said that India is a country with a large expatriate in Britain. “We all have a natural concern. The era of colonialism has come to an end but the mentality still remains. This is where Britain needs to change. If it wants our respect, it has to be changed.
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