EAM S Jaishankar raises the Oxford racism challenge in Parliament

Days after the primary feminine Indian elect of Oxford University Student’s Union, Rashmi Samant, was abused and vilified for being a Hindu, the Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) raised the matter within the Upper House of Parliament.
While talking within the Rajya Sabha, S Jaishankar mentioned, “As land of Mahatma Gandhi, we can never ever turn our eyes away from racism. Particularly so when it is in a country where we have such a large diaspora.” He added, “We’ve strong ties with UK. We’ll take up such matters with great candour when required.”
As land of Mahatma Gandhi, we are able to by no means ever flip our eyes away from racism. Particularly so when it’s in a rustic the place we’ve such a big diaspora. We’ve sturdy ties with UK. We’ll take up such issues with nice candour when required: EAM on Oxford University’s racism row pic.twitter.com/s54BS8GFYE— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2021
He additional acknowledged that the federal government will monitor such instances intently and lift the difficulty with the involved authorities, as and when required. “We will always champion the fight against racism and other forms of intolerance,” S Jaishankar emphasised.
We will monitor these developments very very intently. We will elevate it when required and we are going to all the time champion the combat in opposition to racism and different types of intolerance: EAM Dr S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha on Oxford University’s racism row— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2021
The Oxford Racism Row
Rashmi Samant was hounded by leftists and anti-Hindu propagandists after changing into the primary feminine Indian elect of Oxford University Student’s Union on February 11. She was pressured to resign inside days after being abused, bullied and focused for being a Hindu and over her views in opposition to British colonisation.
In a coordinated assault, her previous social media posts had been dredged up, accusing her of being racist, anti-semitic, Islamophobic, transphobic. Besides this, Rashmi was additionally focused for being a Hindu. One of the school members in Oxford – Dr Abhijit Sarkar had even dragged Rashmi’s dad and mom into the controversy, attacking them for having a Lord Shri Ram show image on their social media accounts whereas claiming that Rashmi’s pupil council elections had been funded by Prime Minister Modi.
He had even accused Rashmi of being Islamophobic by alleging that she got here from coastal Karnataka, which the school member termed as “a bastion of Islamophobic far-right forces”. Following the controversy, netizens from the world over had demanded the dismissal of Hinduphobic college AbhijitSarkar and had trended hashtag #DismissAbhijitSarkar on Twitter.