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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
As I have just said in a PM, the Kashmiri motion was put to council by Cllr Allah Dad and it can't simply be thrown out just because someone doesn't like it. I understand that Cllr Dad has quite a few Kashmiri residents in his ward (there are several thousand in Hyndburn). The motion was amended by the Labour party to take a slightly less biased view and also passed on to Graham Jones for action in Westminster. Despite protests from Cllr Britcliffe, Cllr Dad agreed to the changes.
I must admit since I had no knowledge of the Kashmiri situation or have any residents in Rishton that are affected I needed to ask some background details. I'd have preferred not to have had to vote on it, it seemed irrelevant to me at the time, but unfortunately we can't simply ignore motions put up by other councillors.
I hope that answers your question regarding myself but several councillors in Accrington wards have decent sized Kashmiri populations so it will have relevance to those residents. It isn't a situation I look forward to again though, pure electioneering in my view and there are more pressing matters to discuss nearer to home.
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According to the time scale on the Observer's Twitter feed, the motion was voted on, and suported within ten minutes.
When did the 'Labour party amend' the original motion, put forward by Cllr. Dad?
Was it on the night of November the tenth?