British MP Urges UK Government To Apologise For Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

UK Conservative MP for Harrow East, Bob Blackman, on late Thursday said that he demanded that the UK government tenders an apology to India on the anniversary of the grim Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

Speaking in the UK Parliament, Blackman highlighted the events of April 13, 1919, and said that thousands of innocent civilians were killed and injured in the shooting at Jallianwala Bagh.

"Today, I raised the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. I asked the Govt to formally give an apology to the people of India ahead of the atrocities anniversary," he said.