在英国伦敦的印度高级专员公署外，印度学生联合会（SFI UK）的示威者与支持政府的抗议者举行了对立的抗议活动。这场冲突凸显了海外印度人对选举改革、民主制度以及莫迪领导的看法分歧。
SFI UK demonstrators and pro-government supporters staged rival protests outside India's High Commission in London. The face-off highlighted diaspora divisions over electoral reforms, democracy and Modi's leadership.
据印度新闻机构 Press Trust of India 报道，10 月 16 日（星期五），一大群示威者在印度高级专员公署外聚集，此次抗议活动由印度学生联合会（SFI UK）组织。
A large group of demonstrators gathered outside the High Commission of India in London on Friday, October 16, for a protest organised by the Student Federation of India (SFI) UK, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
另一小群支持印度政府的人士则举行了反对学生示威活动的抗议活动，他们高举“团结一致”的标语，要求政府“承担责任、保证透明度”。
A smaller group of Indian government supporters held a counter-protest against the student demonstration, which was organised under the banner “Stand in Solidarity” and demanded “accountability and transparency”.
此次抗议活动是在本周早些时候在印度议会大厦外举行的“紧急抗议”活动之后发生的。这些支持政府的抗议者旨在呼应“Cockroach Janata Party”（CJP）的诉求，包括要求罢免首席选举委员吉亚内什·库马尔（Gyanesh Kumar），并废除印度现有的选民登记审查制度。
Friday's demonstration followed an “Emergency Protest” outside India House earlier in the week. It was called to amplify the demands of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), including the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in India.
据报道，多名伦敦警察负责维持双方的安全距离。双方都挥舞着印度国旗（Tricolour），两者之间仅用几级台阶隔开。
Several Metropolitan Police officers kept the two groups apart. Both sides waved the Tricolour, with a set of steps separating them, PTI reported.
学生示威者高喊“Azadi”（自由）和“Saare Jahaan Se Achcha”（全世界都好）等口号，而支持政府的抗议者则高呼“Bharat Mata Ki Jai”（印度母亲万岁）和“Modi, Modi”（莫迪万岁），并挥舞着纳伦德拉·莫迪总理的巨型画像。
The student group raised slogans of “Azadi” and “Saare Jahaan Se Achcha”, while the counter-protesters chanted “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Modi, Modi” and waved a large cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
印度学生联合会（SFI UK）在一份声明中表示：“我们绝不容忍选票被篡改，也绝不容忍警察使用暴力。我们在这里是为了捍卫印度的民主。”
“We will not tolerate the erasure of votes. We will not tolerate police violence. We are here in defence of Indian democracy,” SFI UK said in a statement.
多名演讲者在集会上发言，敦促人群用“Jai Bhim”（胜利属于人民）和“Shame”（可耻）等口号回应支持政府的抗议者。支持政府的抗议者也通过扩音器高喊类似的口号，试图让自己的声音被听到。
Several speakers addressed the gathering and urged the crowd to respond to the counter-protesters with chants of “Jai Bhim” and “Shame”. The pro-government group also attempted to make itself heard over the loudspeaker with similar chants of “Shame”.
居住在伦敦、与印度有密切商业联系的企业家拉胡尔·卡莱（Rahul Kale）也是支持政府的示威者之一。
Rahul Kale, a London-based entrepreneur with strong business links to India, was among the pro-government demonstrators.
“在纳伦德拉·莫迪总理的领导下，印度通过与英国签署的具有里程碑意义的自由贸易协定，扩大了全球贸易，开辟了新的出口机会，”卡莱对PTI表示。
“Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has expanded global trade through a landmark FTA with the UK, opening new export opportunities,” Kale told PTI.
“我认为抗议者有必要明白，这些在伦敦毫无理由的抗议正在损害投资者信心并制造不必要的恐慌，”他说。
“I feel it is necessary for the protesters to understand that these protests in London for no reason hamper investor confidence and create unnecessary panic,” he said.
英国印度侨民创始人兼总监希雷什·古普塔表示：“今天，我们聚集在印度高级专员公署，表达对纳伦德拉·莫迪总理的坚定信任，他一直在为印度的进步和繁荣不懈努力。”继周五在印度高级专员公署外的对立示威之后，未来几天伦敦还将举行进一步的抗议和反抗议活动。
Hirdesh Gupta, Founder-Director of Indian Diaspora in the UK, said: “Today, we gathered at the High Commission of India to express our unwavering faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is working tirelessly for India's progress and prosperity.”Further protests and counter-protests are planned in London in the coming days, following Friday's rival demonstrations outside the Indian High Commission.