Aussie senator David Shoebridge calls out “right-wing, intolerant Modi government”
“We’re here today to not only show solidarity with those farmers in India and the communities in India that are standing up against an increasingly right-wing, intolerant Modi government, but we’re also standing here today to show solidarity with the diaspora in Sydney,” stated New South Wales (NSW) State Senator David Shoebridge on February 28th 2021.
Shoebridge was speaking outside the Indian Consulate in Sydney at a press conference called by the Australian Alliance Against Hate and Violence to raise awareness about the rising threat to the country’s social cohesion posed by far-right Hindu extremism.
“There have already been too many incidents of far-right extremist violence, particularly against the Sikh community in western Sydney,” he warned….
Aussie senator David Shoebridge calls out “right-wing, intolerant Modi government”