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Kuldeep Shekhawat, the president of Overseas Friends of BJP-UK, said the protest was to put pressure on India to “stop the war and action against jihadi groups in Pakistan”
Pakistani citizens and Palestine supporters gather outside the Indian High Commission in UK on May 11. (Image: News18)
Amid a military standoff between India and Pakistan, at least 50 Pakistani nationals and Palestine supporters on Sunday staged a protest outside the Indian High Commission in London.
The protest mainly was to put pressure on India to “stop the war and action against jihadi groups in Pakistan”, said Kuldeep Shekhawat, the president of OFBJP-UK (Overseas Friends of BJP-UK).
“It was planned yesterday (Saturday, May 10). They (Pakistanis) were expecting a large crowd especially on a Sunday. But only 50 people turned up despite the Palestine supporters. The whole thing fizzled out and nothing is happening as of now,” Shekhawat told CNN-News18.
Shekhawat said the protesters’ agenda was to put pressure on India to stop the war and “anti-jihadi” activities against Pakistan.
“The Palestine supporters were there to put pressure on India with respect to Israel as India and Israel share excellent relations but the main agenda was to stop India’s action against jihadi groups in Pakistan,” he said.
He said the Palestine supporters had two objectives – one was to support Pakistan’s action against India in the ongoing standoff, and the other to impress upon the High Commission to put pressure on Israel to stop their action against Palestine.
“There is no doubt that the ISI (Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence) is behind such protests as it’s a part of Pakistani rogue elements that are trying to destabilise the region, country, and peace process that has started now,” he added.
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