India, Nov. 3 -- After the Indo-Canadian community expressed outrage over the abrupt cancellation of a traditional Diwali celebration on Parliament Hill by the Conservative Party, one of its MPs is now organising an event celebrating the festival in Ottawa next week.

The Celebration of Diwali on Parliament Hill was launched by late Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai in 1998. After his death in 2019, the event was hosted by another Conservative MP Todd Doherty. However, community members learnt recently that event, which their Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre had attended last year, scheduled for October 30, stood cancelled with no reason attributed for that decision.

Now, Doherty's office has sent out invitation to Indo-Canadian co...