LONDON: Around 50 UK-based diaspora bodies and community organisations have written a letter addressing to President Droupadi Murmu regarding the concern over "anti-India" protests and mobilisation happening in the recent weeks.
The organisations included,the Hindu Community Organisations Group, Indian Diaspora in the UK (IDUK), Friends of India Society International (FISI) UK and Indian National Students Association (INSA) UK, called for an 'investigation' for any possible involvement of extremist groups or unlawful coordination behind the protests.
The letter read that their might be possible involvement of the Pakistani and Bangladeshi Islamist organisations as well as Khalistani-linked separatist activists in connection with the demonstrations, whose messages promote warrant serious scrutiny.
The letter also highlights two specific protests held in London last month. The first was organised by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) UK outside the Indian High Commission on October 16, while the second took place at Parliament Square on October 17 and which was addressed by social media influencer Dhruv Rathee.
According to the media reports, the letter also stated that though peaceful protest and legitimate criticism are essential features of any democracy, these freedoms must not become a shield for incitement, intimidation, deliberate disinformation, communal polarisation, or the promotion of violence.
It also stated that the right to disagree with an elected government is fundamental and the attempt to undermine constitutional institutions through unlawful means is entirely different.
The organisations said that their appeal comes in the interest of "national responsibility".
It also follows a series of protests which were conducted by the Cockroach Janata Party in India, in the demand to remove the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in India.
(With inputs from media agencies)