Sir Keir Starmer is going through a nine-day deadline to keep away from Labour MPs going through a ban from Sikh occasions and gurdwaras.
It comes because the Sikh Federation continues to name for the probe – saying it was promised within the run-up to the overall election final 12 months.
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The calls relate to questions round what half the UK and British particular forces performed within the 1984 killings, wherein a whole bunch of Sikhs died after the Indian army entered the temple advanced the place separatists had sought refuge.
Earlier restricted investigations beneath David Cameron discovered a single British officer supplied recommendation to the Indian authorities earlier than the raid – however there was “no evidence of UK government involvement in the operation itself”.
Writing to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday, the Sikh Federation stated it wished a timeline of a judge-led inquiry to be confirmed by 31 July – Friday subsequent week.
The letter was despatched to Downing Road forward of a go to from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UK. There have been allegations that Mr Modi’s authorities has tried to stymie the separatist Sikh motion, together with by means of repression within the UK and different international locations like Canada.
The allegations have been denied by the Indian authorities.
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The bloodbath occurred in 1984. Pic: Reuters
Starmer’s promise
Sir Keir wrote to all Gurdwaras, Sikh locations of worship, and Sikh organisations in 2022 saying “a future Labour government will open an independent inquiry into Britain’s military role in the Indian army’s 1984 raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar”.
Angela Rayner posted on social media forward of final 12 months’s election that “Labour stands with the Sikh community in calling for an inquiry into the historic role Britain played” within the raid on the Golden Temple.
If the request for an inquiry timeline isn’t met by the federal government, the Sikh Federation informed the prime minister it could “issue guidance in August on how Gurdwaras and Sikh organisations should implement the no platform policy in Gurdwaras and Sikh events that will in practice start to impact from September onwards”.
This steerage would apply to all Labour MPs who don’t publicly assist the implementation of an inquiry – together with ministers.
The federation’s letter claims the problem was raised with Sir Keir earlier this month by a Labour MP and the prime minister “responded positively”.
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Among the many near 500 signatories to the letter from the Sikh Federation is the Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Smethwick, West Midlands, the place Sir Keir was pictured campaigning for the management of the Labour Social gathering.
There are considered simply over half one million Sikhs within the UK – with evaluation suggestion members of the faith are likely to assist Labour.
Downing Road has been approached for remark.
