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Originally Posted by garinda
'Two Central Ward Councillors including the portfolio holder for Community Cohesion and the Voluntary Sector strongly identify with Kashmiri heritage and have vocally supported the Kashmiri ethnic grouping at previous Community Cohesion & Equal Opportunity Working group meetings.'
'As part of a community consultation in 2005, a wide-cross section of Hyndburn’s ethnic minority communities (including Gt. Harwood) was asked by Cllr Allah Dad if they would support a separate Kashmiri identifier.'
'There was overwhelming support for this.'
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...206_report.pdf |
So there is a clear history of discussion about this subject over the years.
It is the perfect opportunity for O and S Committee to review all the discussions and resolutions, and confirm whether or not it is appropriate for the Council to be going beyond simply recognising Kashmiri residents as a separate ethnic group, to taking the side of an alleged terrorist group in the conflict in Kashmir.
Seems perfectly straightforward to me.