Tanzania MP from Indian origin said, "Gurkha has become a 'canker' for India

Salim Turkeyi, a parliamentarian from Tanzania's ruling party 'Chama Cha Mein' (CCM), said that he has raised the issue of violence against the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the name of Gorkha

New Delhi: An Indian-origin MP from Tanzania said that he is very worried about the violence in the name of Gorkha in India and it has become a 'canker' for the country. Salim Turkeyi, MP of the Chama Cha Maalikanduji (CCM), running the government in Tanzania, said that he raised the issue before Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Earlier, the participants of the Turkish program included in the Tanzanian delegation who came to participate in the PIO-Parliamentary Conference were speakers. He said, "We are proud of what Modi government is doing in the country and in the world. But one thing for India is not correct and I call it Nasoor and it is violence happening in the name of cow protection. "

Turkey said, "We do not live in India but in the news (electronic) media especially you see the clips to kill, incite people. This is like discrimination. "The ancestors of Turkey went to Tanzania from the Kutch region of Gujarat.

When asked why he did not raise the issue in the conference, the MP said that this was 'a bad environment'. Turkey said, "I raised the issue before Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj. He said that these issues have been raised and offered. "

They described the violence happening in the name of Gurkha as violence against people suffering from albinism in their country, due to which their limbs are considered auspicious, they are killed. Turkey said that the Tanzania government has taken strict action against people involved in the killings of people suffering from albinism.