Activists of right-wing Hindu extremist organisation Hindu Sena cut a three-tier cake to celebrate US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's birthday in New Delhi on June 14, 2016. PHOTO: TWITTER
About 20 members of the far-right Hindu Sena, or Hindu Army, held the festivities as Americans grieved over the deaths of 49 people in the country's worst-ever mass shooting, perpetrated by a gunman claiming allegiance to Islamic State.
Hindu Sena celebrates Donald Trump's birthday in New Delhi pic.twitter.com/bBRnNYUctw
— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2016
The Republican candidate has been a subject of controversy around the globe for his anti-Muslim remarks and proposing a ban on Muslims migrating to the US.
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For the past two days, a poster inviting people to the birthday party for Trump had plagued the Internet as most Indian people laughed it off.
PHOTO: TWITTER"Trump has said Muslims should be banned from entering America. Everyone should support that," said Hindu Sena leader Vishnu Gupta, whose group is known more for its publicity stunts than for having any meaningful support.
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Donning red and blue paper hats, activists gathered at a stall on a Delhi road to pledge their allegiance to the presumptive Republican nominee, saying they counted on Trump to contain Pakistan.
Hindu Sena celebrates Donald Trump's birthday in Delhi, observe one minute silence for #Orlando victims pic.twitter.com/a0oEZTTPpW
— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2016
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They observed a minute's silence for the victims of last weekend's shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, before a large birthday cake was cut to shouts of "Long Live Donald Trump".
WATCH: Hindu Sena celebrates Donald Trump's birthday in New Delhihttps://t.co/2VPRif8f8r
— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2016
"Trump is about to become the king of the world," Gupta said. "How will we attack Pakistan without his support?"
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of responsibility for a commando-style militant raid on the financial capital Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people, and an attack on an air base this year.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars since independence and partition in 1947.
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