Conservative candidate for Dudley North, Marco Longhi, recently made news for Hinduphobic and racist comments against his Labour Rival. He recently sent a leaflet to his Pakistani voters in Dudley, the West Midlands constituency he standing in, which outlined his support for Kashmiri separatism.
The Conservative MP has also been accused of racism and Hinduphobia for his comment, “Who will speak for Kashmir in Parliament? “Will it be me, or Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate Sonia KUMAR?”. In the letter, the name Kumar is underlined and printed in uppercase letters in an obvious attempt to point out Ms Kumar’s Hindu and Indian identity.
Marco Longhi’s letter drew criticism from members of the British Hindu community who called upon Rishi Sunak and his party to suspect this candidate. So far, the Conservative Party has not acted on this incident, leaving many British Hindus disappointed with the Conservative leadership for not standing against Hinduphobia. Mr Longhi defended his comments when he told GB News: “This is politics. Do you want someone who has consistently been supportive of Kashmiris where there have been human rights abuses, or do you want someone called Sonia Kumar who no one has ever heard of?”