India, Oct. 30 -- The Indo-Canadian community is furious over the Canada's opposition Conservative Party cancelling the oldest Diwali celebration in Parliament even as that event will now go ahead with a Liberal Party MP hosting it.

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 the Conservatives were pulling out from hosting the event, which their leader Pierre Poilievre had attended last year. No reason was attributed for the abrupt cancellation.

However, Liberal Party MP Chandra Arya will now host the Diwali celebration along with the Calgary-b...