Hindu group under review for endorsing Conservative party

A representative body of British Hindus is under review by the Charity Commission after it issued an open letter in support of Prime Minister David Cameron led Conservative party in the May 7 general election.

The National Council of Hindu Temples (NCHT-UK), which claims to be the oldest umbrella organisation for an estimated 565,000 Hindus in Britain, had issued the letter encouraging Hindus in the country to vote as not voting would be “adharma, as Sri Krishna reminded Arjuna”.

In the letter, Satish Sharma, general secretary of NCHT-UK, made a reference to the Labour party’s attempts at introducing anti-caste legislation in Parliament as the defining factor behind the choice of whom to vote for.

He said both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged that if elected they would immediately introduce legislation that would “effectively introduce a caste system here in the UK”.