"The past in the present" is not an abstract concern: it is entering into the present electoral campaign. How will Indians living in Britain vote? Might they be influenced by the attitude of party leaders to past massacres ? This article is from an Indian newspaper:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/will-apologise-for-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-if-voted-to-power-labour-party-s-manifesto/story-5YOTcNR1oxJeBBnRdfCpuI.html?fbclid=IwAR0tzEj25wwcMVC9Ocf9G3Bqp14uQh-8jd257D33VOHvPwixquawNwzwLPU
And this is the 1919 event they are referring to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre
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