Article 370: Protests in UK as British MPs launch tit-for-tat letters

British Kashmiri groups staged protests in the UK against the Indian government's decision to withdraw the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, even as UK MPs launched tit-for-tat letters to Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the issue.

The Stop Killing in Kashmir protest saw a group of anti-India banner-wielding protesters gather outside the Consulate General of India in Birmingham on Friday at a demonstration organised by the Tehreek-e-Kashmir pro-independence outfit.

Meanwhile, a group of British Muslim MPs from the Opposition Labour Party had issued a letter to Johnson demanding that the UK strongly condemn the actions of the Indian government as it described the decision to revoke Article 370 as an orchestrated coup by India.

The letter calls on the British PM to consider the wider context of the action led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is drafted by UK shadow minister for justice Yasmin Qureshi and signed by eight other mostly Pakistani-origin.

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