The event of Hindu political activist Sadhvi Ritambhara in the United Kingdom was cancelled after a mob gathered at a temple in Smethwick to protest against the
Even as the UK police continued its crackdown on violent protests in Leicester city, a “minor disorder” at a Hindu temple in Birmingham was reported during a protest against the scheduled visit of Sadhvi Rithambara, founder of Param Shakti Peeth, as a speaker. Though Rithambara’s p
London Mayor Sadiq Khan appealed to the Hindu and Muslim communities to "not allow the politics of the sub-continent (India and Pakistan) to spill over" into the UK.
The Birmingham protest was reportedly called by local Muslim groups, who went ahead with it even though Hindutva leader Rithambara's event in the city had been cancelled.
Violence and masked hate mobs (pictured) on Leicester s streets in recent days, with repeated clashes between angry young men, has exposed the underlying tensions between the city s cultures.