THE TWO leading candidates in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader and become the opposition leader in parliament have focused their campaigns on cutting immigration, with particular attention on Indian visas.

As the Conservative Party conference kicked off in Birmingham on Sunday, former immigration minister Robert Jenrick called for tougher visa restrictions on India unless the country takes back its nationals who have entered the UK illegally.

His closest rival, shadow housing secretary Kemi Badenoch, also emphasised immigration, condemning new migrants for bringing conflicts from India that have caused unrest on British streets.

“There are many people who have recently come to this country who have brought views from their countries of origin that have no place here,” Badenoch said in an interview with the BBC.

“As equalities minister, I saw people bringing cultural disputes from India to the streets of Leicester. We need to make sure that when people come to this country, they leave their previous differences behind. This is not a controversial thing to say,” she added.

Badenoch’s comments appeared to refer to the clashes that erupted in Leicester in September 2022 following an India-Pakistan cricket match Read More….