Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday commenced his go to to India, by participating within the Holi festivities in Ahmedabad – apparently to ship out a message to New Delhi and soothe the feathers ruffled by the vandalism on several Hindu temples there, allegedly by the pro-Khalistan Sikh activists.

“Australia is a better place because of our large, diverse Indian-Australian community,” Albanese tweeted simply earlier than taking the flight to Ahmedabad. His remark got here weeks after the High Commission of India in Canberra termed the incidents of vandalism on the temples as “clear attempts to sow hatred and division among the peaceful multi-faith and multi-cultural Indian-Australian community”.

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India is without doubt one of the prime sources of expert immigrants to Australia. As per the 2021 Census, round 9,76,000 folks in Australia hint their ancestry to Indian origin, making them the second largest group of overseas-born residents in Australia.

This is Albanese’s maiden go to to India after he took over because the Prime Minister of Australia on May 23 final yr.

“Honoured to celebrate Holi in Ahmedabad, India. Holi’s message of renewal through the triumph of good over evil is an enduring reminder for all of us,” he tweeted after participating within the competition of colors. “No matter what your faith is or where you’ve come from—we celebrate and value what unites us.”

Albanese and Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be on the toss for the fourth and ultimate match of the India-Australia cricket check collection on Thursday.

He famous throughout an interview with a radio channel on Wednesday that the stadium the place the India-Australia ultimate check match could be performed was named after his host and it was twice the dimensions of the cricket stadium at Perth Down Under.

The two prime ministers will even meet in New Delhi on Saturday for formal talks.

Modi is more likely to convey to Albanese his expectation that the anti-India hate campaigns and secessionist propaganda in Australia wouldn’t be tolerated and stern actions could be taken towards the culprits answerable for the vandalism of the locations of worship.

The Shree Laxmi Narayan Temple in Brisbane grew to become the most recent goal of the vandals on Saturday. Earlier, the Swami Narayan Temple and the ISKCON Temple in Melbourne and the Sri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs had been vandalised between January 12 and 23, with anti-India and pro-Khalistani graffiti being painted on the partitions of the shrines.

The High Commission of India in Canberra has been conveying to the Government of Australia the issues of New Delhi over the actions of the pro-Khalistan Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) Down Under.

The SFJ held a referendum in Melbourne and Sydney in Australia on January 30 final in an effort to drum up assist for the secession of Khalistan from India. It had performed related referendums in Canada and the United Kingdom previously.

“Looking forward to productive deliberations to further the India-Australia friendship,” Modi tweeted responding to Albanese.