Indian-origin Tory candidate targeted by racist voter in UK
Tuesday, 13/06/2017
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Indian-origin Tory candidate targeted by racist voter in UK.
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The 30-year-old was alerted to the message by one of his supporters who spotted it in a polling booth, at The Ascension Church in north London, the metro.co.uk reported.
Jogia, who went to investigate shortly before the voting closed, said he was “saddened” to see the “racist” message still there. He said when he first heard about it, he thought it was just a prank, but after seeing it he was left “disappointed” that no one did anything to remove it.
Jogia allegedly brought it to the attention of a presiding officer but claims that they just shrugged while saying it was 10 pm and they could do nothing.
“I was so angry they had not noticed this message. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had turned a blind eye to it,” he added.
Calling it “ignorance”, Jogia said it was the first time he had ever experienced this type of racism, especially in his constituency, which has a large South-Asian community.
He has since reported it to Brent council and said he would be taking it up with the electoral commission for failing to do anything.
Jogia, who gained 18,435 votes, lost the seat to Labour’s Barry Gardiner, who received 35,496 votes. Speaking about the result, he said: “It feels amazing. I’m so proud and privileged that over 18,000 people trusted me.”
