General
Tensions boil over in Sydney’s Indian community as farmers’ protests in Delhi continue
Leaders in Sydney’s Indian community are meeting today as concerns grow over tensions among diaspora members related to ongoing farmers’ protests in New Dehli.
Key points:
- Thousands in India are protesting against the Modi Government’s deregulation of farming laws
- One community leader says local Sikhs have been subject to online hate
- A group attacked a car with hammers and bats in Harris Park last month
There have been several altercations in Sydney over the past few months, including an attack on four young Sikh men as they were sitting in a car in Harris Park.
Just after 10:00pm on February 28, a group armed with wooden bats and hammers smashed the windows of a Black Chrysler after it stopped on Kendall Street, and again on Anderson…
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