PTI

London, Feb 6: Accusing the Gordon Brown government of being "lethargic" on the cow-protection issue, Hindu leaders here have criticised the ruling Labour party for failing to address their concerns.

A resolution in this regard was adopted by various Hindu organisations at their meeting during the weekend at the ground-breaking ceremony of Europe's largest cow protection farm, to be built in memory of Gangotri, the temple cow killed by the RSPCA at Bhaktivedanta Manor.

"This Government has no regard for the needs of communities that do not shout," said Sudarshan Bhatia, President of the National Council of Hindu Temples.

"Hindu leaders wrote to Prime Minister Gordon Brown 45 days ago and there is not even an acknowledgement," Bhatia said.

"If this had been some other community, the Government would have rushed to find a solution. Just because Hindus are quiet, we are ignored, isolated and sidelined," he alleged.

"The impression we get is that those who shout the loudest or cause problems get immediate attention from this Government, while those who work actively to make community cohesion a reality get ignored," said Ishwer Tailor, President of the Hindu Forum of Britain.

"The lethargy from this Government is unacceptable," echoed Gauri Dasa, president of Bhaktivedanta Manor.

"Representatives from scores of Hindu organisations passed a resolution declaring the failure of the Labour government to engage purposefully with Hindus and asking for immediate dialogue," said Kapil Dudakia, Trustee of the Milton Keynes Hindu Association.