Boris Johnson hails ‘thriving Living Bridge’ on India’s 76th Independence Day

Prime Minister Boris Johnson led the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s Independence Day celebrations within the UK on Monday with a throwback picture from Sabarmati Ashram throughout his go to to Gujarat earlier this yr.

“Congratulations to the people of India on 75 years of independence,” he stated.

“During my recent visit to Gujarat and New Delhi I saw for myself the thriving Living Bridge between our countries. I look forward to seeing these bonds go from strength to strength in the next 75 years,” Johnson tweeted, together with a picture of him paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad.

Congratulations to the folks of India on 75 years of independence.

During my latest go to to Gujarat and New Delhi I noticed for myself the thriving Living Bridge between our nations. I sit up for seeing these bonds go from energy to energy within the subsequent 75 years. pic.twitter.com/4G3RcUBUsS

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) August 15, 2022

Opposition Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer additionally took to Twitter to convey Independence Day needs to Indians and British Indians.

“I’m proud of the Labour Party’s role in supporting India to gain independence,” Starmer stated in his video message.

Our financial system, our public companies and so many elements of our cultural life have been formed by generations of British Indians.

The Labour Party sends greatest needs to the folks of India and the British Indian neighborhood as they rejoice 75 years of independence. pic.twitter.com/Hl368JHr3V

— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) August 15, 2022

“Our 1945 manifesto made clear our commitment to Indian self-government. And in 1947, Clement Attlee, as Labour Prime Minister, passed the Indian Independence Act.

“Since then, Labour has been at the forefront of promoting values of internationalism and cooperation abroad while building an inclusive society at home. Today we celebrate the vibrant, multi-faith democracy that India has become,” he’s heard saying within the video, alongside photographs from his visits to temples within the UK.

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Navendu Mishra, a Labour Party member of Parliament of Indian-origin, additionally issued an announcement to announce that the Opposition celebration was reviving an Indian diaspora-focussed group to coincide with the seventy fifth Independence anniversary celebrations.

“The Labour Convention for Indian Organisations (LCIO) has been reinvigorated to inclusively connect British Indians to Labour and to engage India on the big issues of our time namely the climate crisis, sustainable development and enhancing internationalism,” he stated.

Admitting a difficult relationship with India and the diaspora lately, he added: “Watching British Indians such as [Conservative Party leadership finalist] Rishi Sunak rise to the top is inspiring for many people in the British Indian community.” “Organisations such as the Conservative Friends of India regularly engage with the community and organise for the community’s interests within the party. Thus, reinvigorating the Labour Convention of Indian Organisations on India’s 75th Independence Day is crucial for the rebirth of the Labour-India relationship,” Mishra stated.

During the annual flag hoisting ceremony on the Indian High Commission in London, Acting High Commissioner of India Sujit Ghosh learn from President Droupadi Murmu’s deal with to the nation.

The conventional Independence Day celebrations included a rendition of the National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and patriotic songs and concluded with the distribution of certificates to the winners of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Quiz Competition’.

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The Indian consulates across the UK have been equally celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ with a collection of occasions and initiatives over the course of the yr.

The particular seventy fifth anniversary of Independence celebrations within the UK additionally consists of the arrival of INS Tarangini on the West India Docks at Canary Wharf in east London, welcomed with an enthusiastic diaspora turnout on Sunday.

The Indian Navy tall crusing ship will probably be based mostly on the Thames Quay till Thursday and play host to a particular Independence Day celebration on Monday night.

Resonating with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ marketing campaign, members of the Indian diaspora additionally unfurled a tricolour at a house in west London the place Indian religious chief Sri Aurobindo lived within the nineteenth century.

“Independence Day 2022 coincides with the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, great freedom fighter, yogi, philosopher, poet & nationalist! On this occasion, taking the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign to the building in Shepherd’s Bush, London where Sri Aurobindo lived in 1884-87,” the Indian High Commission tweeted.

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