Lord Rami Ranger is “devastated” that the CBE awarded to him for his services to British business and for promoting community cohesion has been taken away. A spokesperson for the British Indian peer said he is looking at all options for redress via various legal avenues.
It came after a notice in ‘The London Gazette’ dated December 6 stated that King Charles has “directed that the appointment of Raminder Singh, Baron Ranger to be a Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 31 December 2015, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order”.
According to the UK Cabinet Office guidelines, an honour can be withdrawn if an individual is "found guilty of a criminal offence, behaviour which results in censure by a regulatory or a professional body, or any other behaviour that is deemed to bring the honours system into disrepute".
A spokesperson for Lord Ranger said: “Lord Ranger has not committed any crime nor has he broken any law, where the majority of the people who have had their honour revoked in this way, have committed a crime or broken the law. Lord Ranger is devastated that the CBE awarded to him for his services to British business and for promoting community cohesion has been taken away.
“The Forfeiture Committee has re-visited a number of matters that had already been dealt with and for which Lord Ranger apologised, undertook rehabilitative training around his use of language, and came off social media.
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“His commitment to community cohesiveness led to him setting up the Pakistan, India and UK Friendship Forum, and founding the Hindu Forum Britain. As Chairman of the British Sikh Association, he has worked to promote inter-faith dialogue.
“Despite the actions of the Committee Lord Ranger will continue to make the significant contribution that he has over the last 30 years, and that led to him originally receiving his Honours. He is looking at all options for redress via various legal avenues open to him and will challenge this unjust decision in order to vindicate himself and clear his name in the UK and abroad. Lord Ranger was a worthy recipient of his CBE. The manner in which it has been taken from him is shameful.”