Rishi Sunak’s struggle to exonerate the Conservative Party from accusations of Islamophobia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, weekly “Spiegel” wrote in an article: “Lee Anderson”, a representative of the British Conservative Party, recently made insulting comments about the Muslim mayor of London, and was subsequently expelled from the party’s parliamentary faction. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now rejecting accusations that his party is Islamophobic.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is accused of being Islamophobic The Conservative Party rejected itself. MP Lee Anderson was previously expelled from the party’s faction after he said of London’s Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, that the social democratic politician had handed control to Islamists. Anderson was also the Deputy General Secretary of the Conservative Party until recently. In an interview with the BBC on Monday, Sonak called these statements unacceptable. : No, of course not, and I think it is the duty of all of us, especially those who have entered parliament, not to inflame our debates in a way that is harmful to others.

Sunak said in another part of his speech: Anderson’s statements were false and that is why he left the faction.

The British Prime Minister also said: Important words are, especially in the current situation where tensions are high, and I think it is incumbent on all of us to choose them carefully.

Sadiq Khan, The mayor of London, in response to the comments of the English conservative representative, said that he considers Anderson’s comments to be racist and Islamophobic. According to him, these statements will add to the fire of anti-Muslim hatred.

On Friday, Anderson made derogatory statements about the Muslim mayor of London on the right-wing conservative TV station GBNews. He also warned that if Labor wins the next general election, more cities will fall under Islamist control. The reason for these statements was the allegations that the London police did not act decisively against extremists in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

These statements provoked anger across political factions. Anderson resigned as deputy secretary-general a few weeks ago in protest because Sonak’s approach to asylum policy was not tough enough for him. It is not the first time that he has made the headlines of a newspaper with his controversial statements.

This situation has been created while the British Conservative Party is not in a good position in a critical election year and According to polls, the Labor Party is far behind the opposition.

Not long ago, the British Conservative Party suffered a heavy defeat in two mid-term elections in England and Many of his seats were handed over to the opposition Labor Party.

Ker Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labor Party, said in response: “The results show that Britain is crying out for change.” The next general election is expected in the fall and should be held no later than January next year. The Labor Party recently asked the British Conservative government to hold these elections as soon as possible.

However, the situation for the Conservatives in England is extremely tense in an election year. . The far-right wing of the party is particularly unhappy with Sunak, and on the right of the party spectrum, another party, UK Reform, is now increasingly competing with the Conservatives.

Sunak Personally, he polls very poorly and his party is 20% behind the opposition Labor Party.

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