The overall elections in the UK noticed the rise of the Labour Occasion because the voters ended the 14-year-old rule of Tory’s/Conservatives to which Rishi Sunak belonged. Whereas the Labour Occasion secured a decisive mandate, a file variety of round 28 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the Home of Commons. One in every of them is Sonia Kumar of the Labour Occasion who defeated anti-Hindu and anti-India Conservative candidate Marco Longhi.
Longhi tried to woo the Muslim voters when he wrote a letter to them and Pakistani Muslims criticising Hindus, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi whereas invoking the independence of Kashmir. In his ballot marketing campaign letter, Longhi additionally named Sonia Kumar. Sonia Kumar had termed the letter ‘divisive’, disappointing and surprising. In a letter addressed to the British Pakistani/Kashmiri group in Dudley, Longhi mentioned, “Will or not it’s me, or Labour Occasion Parliamentary Candidate Sonia KUMAR?”
In his letter, Longhi wrote, “Narendra Modi made it clear just lately that he’s going for a full statehood for Kashmir which might imply full elimination of any sovereign rights of the Kashmiris and their particular standing….My involvement is nicely publicised and I’ve participated in a number of Kashmir occasions. I’ve all the time condemned India’s steady unlawful actions in Kashmir.”
Nonetheless, Longhi, who tried to win the polls by polarising Muslim votes confronted defeat and can now need to see Sonia Kumar representing Dudley within the Home of Commons.
Who Is Sonia Kumar?
Sonia Kumar is a Sikh and works as a physiotherapist in Britain’s NHS. Kumar grew up in a working-class household, together with her dad and mom working seven days every week to offer for his or her youngsters.
