- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
British MPs have made a renewed attempt to raise the profile of a long-standing campaign for declaring the festivals of Diwali and Eid public holidays in the UK with a debate in the House of Commons. The debate on Monday was in response to e-petitions on the Parliament’s official website calling for such a move, with the petition for Eid attracting over 46,500 signatures and the one in favour a Diwali holiday attracting over 11,700 signatures. “It is fair to say that the petitions are essentially about the same issue: establishing public holidays for religious occasions,” said Scottish National Party (SNP) MP and member of the Parliament’s Petitions Committee Martyn Day, as he opened the debate…
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