All Those Who Don't Want Gandhis Statue To Go Up In Leicster

[SaRpAnCh]

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Gandhi/

[sitargirl]

I signed it....

I was just wondering why there were no other sikh names on it.....or are people calling themselves things like Jane Simond....

[SaRpAnCh]

I signed it....

I was just wondering why there were no other sikh names on it.....or are people calling themselves things like Jane Simond....

lol not many Sikhs know about it yet ,I found it last night on the BBC Asian Ntwrk message board

[sitargirl]

ah I see.....I'm the only indian name on there....I wish more indian people wud post otherwise everyone is going to know my name!!

[Shivaji]

Just out of curiosity why are you guys opposed to this?

[SaRpAnCh]

As citizens of Great Britain we do not wish to see a statue of Gandhi being put up in Leicester or our Parliament,if people want a statue of him they should go and make one in India,Gandhi has no relation to the city of Leicester or our Parliament.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

Sikh Federation (UK) representatives met the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone last week. The Gandhi statue will almost certainly not be happening in Parliament Square. We provided relevant information on Gandhi to the Mayor a few weeks back - www.gandhism.net. Westmoinster City Council also will not allow the statue. Visit www.gandhism.net to learn some of the truths about Gandhi. e.g. Did you know Gandhi regarded Hitler as his hero.

Some of these truths were also covered at the Sikh Federation (UK) event in Frankfurt, Germany - broadcast live on Akash Radio on Sunday 2 March - 12 noon to 2pm. The Sikh Federation (UK) will get its contacts in Leicester to take this up.

Also if there are Gandhi statues elsewhere in the UK - lets join the campaign to have these removed and to make sure no new statues are put up. Spread the truth on Gandhi.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

GANDHI ON NON-VIOLENCE

• During a prayer speech: “If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against

the British.” - June 16, 1947

»Reference: Gandhi’s “The Last Phase”, Vol II, p. 326

To the British during WWII: “This manslaughter must be stopped. You are losing; if

you persist, it will only result in greater bloodshed. Hitler is not a bad man.”

»Reference: G.D. Birla’s “In the Shadow of the Mahatma”, p. 276

GANDHI ON BLACKS AND RACE RELATIONS

• “A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if

at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to

believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to

the position of a raw Kaffir.”

»Reference: The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Government of India (CWMG), Vol I, p. 150

• Regarding forcible registration with the state of blacks: “One can understand the

necessity for registration of Kaffirs who will not work.”

»Reference: CWMG, Vol I, p. 105

• “Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian Location should be chosen for

dumping down all the Kaffirs of the town passes my comprehension...the Town

Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location.”

»Reference: CWMG, Vol I, pp. 244–245

• His description of black inmates: “Only a degree removed from the animal.” Also,

“Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome,

very dirty and live almost like animals.” - Mar. 7, 1908

»Reference: CWMG, Vol VIII, pp. 135-136

Sikh Federation (UK) representatives met the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone last week. The Gandhi statue will almost certainly not be happening in Parliament Square. We provided relevant information on Gandhi to the Mayor a few weeks back - www.gandhism.net. Westmoinster City Council also will not allow the statue. Visit www.gandhism.net to learn some of the truths about Gandhi. e.g. Did you know Gandhi regarded Hitler as his hero.

Some of these truths were also covered at the Sikh Federation (UK) event in Frankfurt, Germany - broadcast live on Akash Radio on Sunday 2 March - 12 noon to 2pm. The Sikh Federation (UK) will get its contacts in Leicester to take this up.

Also if there are Gandhi statues elsewhere in the UK - lets join the campaign to have these removed and to make sure no new statues are put up. Spread the truth on Gandhi.

The Durban Post Office

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Sergeant Major Gandhi

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Gandhi and South African Blacks

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[rupinder singh]

All in all, I fail to see the hoohaa of a statue going up as it will make my life no better and no worse. People who want to hero worship him still will regardless of what information is out there. I mean he had an Oscar winning film made about him which people will always believe as being the truth compared to information on a website.

I am struggling to see the benefits to the Sikh community if the Sikh Federation UK are vocal about this statue? Surely there’s a more pressing issue out there?

[SaRpAnCh]

All in all, I fail to see the hoohaa of a statue going up as it will make my life no better and no worse. People who want to hero worship him still will regardless of what information is out there. I mean he had an Oscar winning film made about him which people will always believe as being the truth compared to information on a website.

I am struggling to see the benefits to the Sikh community if the Sikh Federation UK are vocal about this statue? Surely there’s a more pressing issue out there?

Yeah yeah if your not bothered don't be so what