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British-born
of Sikh origin, Parmjit Dhanda made the following comments in his
maiden speech in Parliament:
After
my selection, but before it realised what a splendid fellow
I am, my new found friend the Citizen said: 'Labour can kiss
goodbye to this seat.  |
| Parmjit
Dhanda MP |
"I
should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the people
of Gloucester who, in the election campaign, sometimes had to read
some quite painful comments about me.
"After
my selection, but before it realised what a splendid fellow I am,
my new found friend the Citizen said: 'Labour can kiss goodbye to
this seat.
'It
has made the same mistake as the Tories in Cheltenham when they
chose a black barrister as candidate and handed the seat to the
Liberal Democrats.
'Sad
to say many of the voters have yet to reach the advanced state of
consciousness to accept a foreigner as their local MP.'
"The
people of Gloucester proved that they are better than that and I
stand here as the very proud MP for Gloucester."
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See 'The Sikh Punjabi Community'
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