Johal Case: UK MP Tanmanjeet Dhesi abused for keeping mum
For not speaking enough on the issues related to the community, Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Dhesi in the UK has been abused and targeted with threats of violence from furious trolls, according to a media report. Tanmanjeet Dhesi became Labour’s MP for Slough in June, has been accused of ignoring the plight of a British Sikh man, who was arrested during his visit to India. But Dhesi vowed to continue working for the whole public “regardless of background, colour or creed” rather than focussing on just one community, The Sun reported. The abuse came after Dhesi won the right to speak at Prime Minister’s Questions and used the slot to ask about a rail link in his local area. One troll wrote to the MP saying: “...A Sikh British citizen is being tortured in Punjab and you’re worried about rail. You have no response to that. You need a slap upside your head you fake Sikh!” Replying to the comments he wrote, “It’s hard enough serving as an MP without having to face constant abuse from various quarters (whether that’s the far-right/extremists/others who feel that I’m only interested in ‘my community’s issues’, or those from within my ‘own’ community who feel I don’t do enough),” -PTC News
