Jallianwala Bagh: 14 British MPs seek apology |
One of Britain`s senior-most Indian-origin MPs, Virendra Sharma, tabled a parliamentary motion urging the United Kingdom (UK) government to formally apologise in the House of Commons over the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. The motion has found support from 14 MPs in the British Parliament. On Sharma called upon Prime Minister Theresa May to apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place in Amritsar during the British Raj in 1919. Sharma is a Labour Party MP for Ealing, Southall, in Britain. Sharma`s office informed Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas Sharma that his Early Day Motion (EDM) titled `Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919` had attracted 13 additional signatures from British MPs so far. Ram Bilas Sharma had addressed the House of Commons on November 14, 2016. Ram Bilas Sharma said that Virendra Sharma was also present in the House during his speech. The massacre took place in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar over Baisakhi in April 1919 when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer opened fire on a crowd of people holding a pro-independence demonstration. It left hundreds dead and many more injured.
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