Hindus are increasingly voting more for the Tories in recent years having historically voted more Labour, while Labour’s advantage among Muslims has surged ahead.
This is a culture war thing.
In Britain the Tories use the cloak of being “pro-business” to implement craziness. Modi’s BJP do the same except on a larger and much more dangerous level.
Modi’s BJP definitely favour the Tories in Britain and in recent elections there has been a concerted astro-turf propaganda campaign online to push Hindus in Britain towards the Tories and the Brexiteer ideology.
I think it’s not massively dissimilar to how Jewish voters have become increasingly more pro-Tory as a whole over the years.
British people might think going to Portugal is more fun. Why should we go and spend our hard-earned money in France if the French don’t want us?" he asked.