India-born Canadian member of Parliament Chandra Arya on Friday condemned the defacing of a Hindu temple within the Ontario’s Mississauga metropolis with anti-India graffiti. He recalled different incidents of ‘hate crimes’ by ‘anti-Hindu’ and ‘anti-India’ teams and urged the authorities to ‘take the difficulty significantly’.
“It’s with ache and anguish I observe that the Ram Mandir, a Hindu temple in Mississauga has turn out to be the newest goal of hate crime. Authorities in Canada want to noticeably look into the actions of anti-Hindu & anti-India teams and take motion now,” Arya mentioned on Twitter whereas sharing the little bit of his speech within the Home of Commons.
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On Tuesday, a Hindu temple was desecrated with anti-India and pro-Khalistan graffiti. The slogans spray-painted behind the Shri Ram Mandir within the space included these attacking India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and describing the founding father of the separatist Khalistan motion, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, as a ‘martyr’.
The difficulty was earlier raised by India’s Excessive Fee in Ottawa with the Canada’s international ministry. “We strongly condemn the defacing of Ram Mandir in Mississauga with anti-India graffiti. We have now requested Canadian authorities to analyze the incident and take immediate motion on perpetrators,” India’s consulate in Toronto tweeted.
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It was fourth such incident within the nation in final eight months. On January 30, one other Hindu temple in Brampton was equally defaced. A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced final 12 months together with incidents of vandalisation elsewhere. Nonetheless, no arrests pertaining to any of those instances have been made to date.
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