Home secretary Amber Rudd spoke at an event in parliament that was attended by an anti-Muslim Hindu extremist who advocates forced birth control and conversion for Muslims, and who has boasted of his relationship with the English far-right leader Tommy Robinson.

Rudd addressed guests celebrating the start of Diwali at an event on 18 October organised by the Hindu Forum of Britain. It was attended by Tapan Ghosh, the founder of Hindu Samhati, a far-right nationalist group in West Bengal, who claimed in a tweet to have addressed the event.

Other cabinet members in attendance on the House of Commons Terrace Pavilion included Theresa May's deputy Damian Green, international development secretary Priti Patel, and communities secretary Sajid Javid, as well as former Tory cabinet minister Theresa Villiers.

