联合王国政府为在迪瓦利活动上提供肉和酒精而道歉,使一些英国印度教徒感到难过。 UK government apologizes for serving meat and alcohol at Diwali event, upsetting some British Hindus.

在英国印度教徒投诉后, Downing Street 在最近的Diwali 庆典上为供应肉类和酒精道歉。 Downing Street has apologized for serving meat and alcohol at a recent Diwali celebration, following complaints from British Hindus. 尽管印度教没有加以禁止,但许多印度教教徒选择不这样做。 Despite no prohibition in Hinduism, many Hindus choose to abstain from these. 保守派议员Shivani Raja表示失望, 称其为「对习俗缺乏了解, Conservative MP Shivani Raja voiced her disappointment, calling it a "disappointing lack of knowledge of customs." 唐宁街承认了这个错误 并保证不会再发生 Downing Street acknowledged the mistake and assured it won't happen again.