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BNP to induct a Sikh as first non-white
But Sikh community condemns his move & politics 

LONDON: A 78-year-old Sikh is set to become the first non-white member of the British National Party (BNP), a party that is explicitly against Muslims and immigrants, but virtually no one from the Sikh community is supportive of the move and most have, in fact, condemned it.

Rajinder Singh, an anti-Islamic activist, has been supporting the anti-immigrant far right party for about a decade, though being a nonwhite, he is barred from joining it, Daily Mail reported. He will soon be able to join BNP as a fully-fledged member after the party last weekend began the process of changing its Constitution to not discriminate on the grounds of race or religion. The former teacher is openly anti-Muslim after his father was killed during Partition.

Inderjit Singh, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations, has said that Sikhs true to their faith will having nothing whatsoever to do with any party that favours any one section of the community. A majority of the British Sikhs as well as Diaspora members in other countries do not subscribe to the BNP agenda.

17 February 2010
 

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