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UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has dropped the plans to give a peerage to a leading Sikh independence supporter amid concerns over his alleged extremist li
Sir Keir Starmer ditched plans to give a peerage to a leading Sikh independence supporter amid concerns over his alleged ‘extremist’ links, it was claimed last night.
But the Labour leader is facing calls to explain his decision after friends of senior public official Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu insisted it was ‘complete nonsense’ to say he was a fanatic.
Sir Keir is also being urged to say whether he had bowed to warnings that the Indian government would be furious to see Mr Singh receive the honour.
Sir Keir Starmer ditched plans to give a peerage to a leading Sikh independence supporter amid concerns over his alleged ‘extremist’ links, it was claimed last night
Labour under pressure for delaying Sikh leader’s elevation to House of Lords
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December 27, 2020
LONDON: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s office is under intense pressure from the influential British Sikh community after a key Sikh leader and human rights activist’s announcement to the UK House of Lords was delayed minutes before the official announcement.
A row has broken out over Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu, principal adviser to Sikh Federation UK, as he was to be one of the new political peers announced last Tuesday but his name was missing when the list was released by Downing Street, although leading journalists were given his name in the morning.
Labour under pressure over delaying Sikh leader’s elevation to House of Lords
National
December 27, 2020
LONDON: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s office is under intense pressure from the influential British Sikh community after a key Sikh leader and human rights activist’s announcement to the UK House of Lords was delayed minutes before the official announcement.
A row has broken out over Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu, principal adviser to Sikh Federation UK, as he was to be one of the new political peers announced last Tuesday but his name was missing when the list was released by Downing Street, although leading journalists were given his name in the morning.