more-inThe UK’s charity watchdog has opened a compliance case against the National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) after the group was accused of inviting a controversial speaker to a seminar in the Parliament complex. The UK’s Charity Commission, in charge of regulating all charitable institutions registered in the country, confirmed on Friday that it had opened a case which will involve questioning the trustees to decide if any further action was required. “The Commission has opened a case into the National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) to assess concerns raised regarding a speaker at an event linked to the charity,” the Charity Commission said in a statement. Ghosh “made no abhorrent remarks at the meeting, and I am quite clear that I and the National Council of Hindu Temples do not agree with the views he previously stated,” he said. The home secretary accepted an invitation from the Hindu Forum of Britain to attend an event in Parliament...to celebrate Diwali.

Source: The Hindu November 03, 2017 13:04 UTC