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Originally Posted by garinda
Ethnic status given to Kashmiris | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk
'HYNDBURN'S Kashmiri community is to be officially recognised as a separate ethnic group by its local council.
Of the 6,000 people in Hyndburn who would class themselves as Asian, 70 per cent would prefer to be known as Kashmiri.
Manager of the Scaitliffe Community Centre in Accrington, Munsif Dad said: "We hope that recognition will mean....'
Votes, Cllr. Dad?
Does it mean votes?
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I have often thought that councillors from the Asian community are assigned, so that there are representatives on both sides of the political divide, I honestly think that if there was a liberal presence on the council there would be a liberal Asian councillor too, or am I just being over cynical
