September 21, 2024

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Shri Bhagavad Gita Park signboard defaced in Brampton, Canada

Anti-Hindu, anti-India actions are changing into increasingly more prevalent in Canada as but any other signage on the Shri Bhagavad Gita Park within the town of Brampton within the Higher Toronto Space or GTA was once vandalised on Friday (July 14).

Consistent with stories, the park signal was once spraypainted with graffiti focused on the Indian High Minister Narendra Modi.

“Every other act of mindless vandalism!”

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The signage that learn “Modi is a terrorist (BBC),” was once reportedly came upon via the temple control on Friday morning and then they knowledgeable the town officers, who temporarily got rid of it and restored it to its authentic state.

“The Town is deeply disillusioned to be informed of the hot act of vandalism focused on a park signal, which is an assault on a religion group. This topic has been promptly forwarded to the Peel Police for investigation and suitable motion,” tweeted the Town of Brampton.

“On the Town of Brampton, we stand united in opposition to such acts of intolerance and discrimination. We proudly uphold our values of variety, inclusivity, and recognize for all and those acts of hate might not be tolerated,” it added.

The Town is deeply disillusioned to be informed of the hot act of vandalism focused on a park signal, which is an assault on a religion group. This topic has been promptly forwarded to the @PeelPolice for investigation and suitable motion.

On the Town of Brampton, we stand united…

— Town of Brampton (@CityBrampton) July 14, 2023

Speaking in regards to the incident, Brampton’s Mayor Patrick Brown instructed the community High Asia TV he was once “outraged” with this vandalism and the town had “0 tolerance” in opposition to “intimidation of any religion group.”

Indo-Canadians additionally expressed their anger over the vandalism. Brampton resident Vijay Jain described it as “purely an act of Hinduphobia.” Hiren Patel sought “fast and decisive motion” in opposition to radical parts.

Canada has turn out to be a hotbed of anti-India and anti-Hindu actions 

Friday’s assault was once, on the other hand, the latest in a string of anti-India and anti-Hindu incidents that Canada is increasingly more changing into recognized for. Since July final yr, there were a minimum of six incidents of desecration of Hindu temples in Canada.

On July 8, the Bharat Mata Mandir in Brampton was once defaced with anti-India posters.

In a similar fashion, on April 5 (native time), any other Hindu temple in Canada was once vandalised via anti-India parts. The partitions of the Satyanarayan temple situated within the 1700 block of Northway Road of Windsor have been broken. The police discovered graffiti of anti-Indian slurs and feedback in opposition to High Minister Narendra Modi written at the wall. The police have launched CCTV pictures of the incidents by which masked miscreants have been observed portray graffiti at the temple partitions.