Keir Starmer warned Labour MPs face ban from Sikh events

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a nine-day deadline to debar Labour MPs being banned from Sikh events and gurdwaras.

Hundreds of Sikh groups are threatening to "no platform" Labour MPs if the authorities does not denote an enquiry into alleged UK engagement successful the Golden Temple massacre, and different "anti-Sikh measures" carried retired by India during the Thatcher era, according to a missive seen by Sky News.

It comes arsenic the Sikh Federation continues to telephone for the probe - saying it was promised successful the run-up to the wide predetermination past year.

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The calls subordinate to questions astir what portion the UK and British peculiar forces played successful the 1984 killings, successful which hundreds of Sikhs died aft the Indian subject entered the temple analyzable wherever separatists had sought refuge.

Previous constricted investigations nether David Cameron recovered a azygous British serviceman provided proposal to the Indian authorities earlier the raid - but determination was "no grounds of UK authorities engagement successful the cognition itself".

Writing to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer connected Tuesday, the Sikh Federation said it wanted a timeline of a judge-led enquiry to beryllium confirmed by 31 July - Friday adjacent week.

The missive was sent to Downing Street up of a sojourn from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UK. There person been allegations that Mr Modi's authorities has attempted to stymie the separatist Sikh movement, including done repression successful the UK and different countries similar Canada.

The allegations person been denied by the Indian government.

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Starmer's promise

Sir Keir wrote to each Gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship, and Sikh organisations successful 2022 saying "a aboriginal Labour authorities volition unfastened an autarkic enquiry into Britain's subject relation successful the Indian army's 1984 raid connected the Golden Temple successful Amritsar".

Angela Rayner posted connected societal media up of past year's predetermination that "Labour stands with the Sikh assemblage successful calling for an enquiry into the historical relation Britain played" successful the raid connected the Golden Temple.

If the petition for an enquiry timeline is not met by the government, the Sikh Federation told the premier curate it would "issue guidance successful August connected however Gurdwaras and Sikh organisations should instrumentality the nary level argumentation successful Gurdwaras and Sikh events that volition successful signifier commencement to interaction from September onwards".

This guidance would use to each Labour MPs who bash not publically enactment the implementation of an enquiry - including ministers.

The federation's missive claims the contented was raised with Sir Keir earlier this period by a Labour MP and the premier curate "responded positively".

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Among the adjacent to 500 signatories to the missive from the Sikh Federation is the Guru Nanak Gurdwara successful Smethwick, West Midlands, wherever Sir Keir was pictured campaigning for the enactment of the Labour Party.

There are thought to beryllium conscionable implicit fractional a cardinal Sikhs successful the UK - with investigation proposition members of the religion thin to enactment Labour.

The authorities declined to comment.