Government of India raised issue of anti-India rallies in Australia: Minister Anne Aly

The caller anti-immigration rallies successful Australia that targeted the Indian assemblage bash not correspond bulk of Australian people, said Anne Aly, Canberra’s Minister of Multicultural Affairs present connected Thursday (October 16, 2025). Speaking astatine an lawsuit organised by the Australian High Commission, Ms. Aly said the Government of India had raised the contented of anti-immigration rallies targeting the Indian assemblage successful Australia, saying anti-India sentiment was a “minority extremist sentiment”.

“We worth you. We convey you. We basal by you. You beryllium successful Australia. And so, to the radical who would archer immigrants to “go home” – I say: “they are home!” I privation to reassure everyone that the divisive rhetoric expressed astatine the anti-migration rallies is not shared by the overwhelming bulk of Australians,” said Ms. Aly, who is of Egyptian root and is known for her inclusive politics.

Ms. Aly’s sojourn to India came a period aft anti-immigration rallies were held successful aggregate cities crossed Australia that targeted the Indian community. Following the rallies, determination are accrued reports of targeting of Indian assemblage successful the state done racist maltreatment and slurs. Ms. Aly said the authorities successful India and Australia had been successful interaction implicit the incidents and said, “Understandably, the Government of India has expressed their interest to my authorities astir these caller anti-immigration protests. …I admit that the Government of India recognised that the actions of this tiny radical bash not correspond the broader Australian community.”

“It is not the Australia that I know. It is simply a minority, extremist sentiment held by a vanishingly vanishing tiny radical successful our country,” said Ms. Aly successful a code that drew connected her idiosyncratic acquisition of increasing up arsenic an Australian of Egyptian inheritance successful a multicultural portion of Sydney. She informed that successful July she opened Australia’s archetypal Federal Office for Multicultural Affairs that is implementing policies and programmes to “protect and strengthen” Australia’s societal cohesion.

Apart from Ms. Aly, India besides hosted Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy of Australia, this week. Before arriving here, Ms. Aly was successful Bangladesh wherever she visited Rohingya exile camps successful Cox’s Bazar. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Australia past week and signed agreements to deepen defence cooperation. The visits are being viewed arsenic portion of an intensification of bilateral contacts up of an expected sojourn by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to India. Extending day wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected September 17, Mr. Albanese had said, “I look guardant to catching up with you soon.”