Pauline Hanson said that there is no problem with Indian migrants at Hindu Council’s Diwali in Canberra

By Manju Mittal

Hindu Council of Australia, in association with the Hon Coleman MP, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs and Senator the Hon Zed Seselja Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance, celebraterd Deepawali festival and Annakut in the Great Hall of the Federal Parliament House in Canberra on Monday December 3, 2018.

More than hundred people gathered in the Parliament to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights.

The guest of honours were several MP”s including Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, David Coleman; Member for Greenway, Michelle Rowland; Member for Denison, Lisa Singh and many others.

It was Pauline Hanson’s first time at Diwali celebrations in Canberra, “This is the first time I have ever been to this event. I  am not anti-migrant at all.” She added that there’s no problem with Indian migrants and that it was nice to be part of the Indian festival as a national political party, “It’s very special what I understand as a community. I am still learning. I don’t understand it fully but I think as a member of parliament and a national political party, it’s nice to be a part of it and support the Indian community on this special day.”

Diwali is truly an Indian festival and a social affair an occasion to reconnect the local Indian community full of fun, food and entertainment. Diwali is becoming a universal festival. Every state and territory in Australia now rejoices this great festival of Lights and its message of ‘victory of evil over darkness’.