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Patel was appointed CBE in the 2026 New Year Honours for services to civic leadership and charity, having earlier received an OBE in 2018 for voluntary service to the British Hindu community and to social cohesion.
The incident took place on April 27 in Golders Green, an area with a large Jewish community. It followed arson attacks on Jewish targets, including ambulances belonging to Jewish volunteer emergency service.
“The Lotus blooms in West Bengal! The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People's power has prevailed and BJP's politics of good governance has triumphed,” Modi said.
The party made gains across the state, with strong performances in northern districts such as Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur, where it made inroads into the Dravidian parties.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to return to power in Assam for a third straight term and was leading in West Bengal, according to trends on the Election Commission website.
Pro-Palestinian marches have taken place regularly in London since the October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, which led to the Gaza war. Critics say the protests have fuelled hostility and become a focus for antisemitism.