TV doctor Dr Ranj Singh has accused a 'white guest presenter' of making a 'racist joke' at the British Curry Awards.
The 43-year-old, who stars on This Morning, urged the Awards Show to 'do better' as he slammed the organisers for having a white man host the show and having an 'all-white judging panel'.
He also went on to condemn them for auditioning a pierce of work by Winston Churchill because of the former Prime Minister's 'problematic' relationship with Indian people and Bengalis 'in particular'.
Dr Ranj took to his Twitter to reveal he wasn't the only person who felt 'uncomfortable' on Monday night.
"I was honoured and privileged to be invited as a guest for the British Curry Awards tonight. Firstly, thank you to this brilliant organisation for doing their best to celebrate our Asian community," he said.
"However, when the host is white, the judging panel is entirely white, the performers on stage are over 90% white, are we really representing our community fairly?
"And to top it off we have a racist joke on stage, and are auctioning off a piece by Winston Churchill whose relationship with India (and Bengali people specifically) is problematic? We are better than this.
"We are a magnificent people. We have done so much and still have so much to offer. Let's do better together."
He wrote in his tweet that he wasn't 'berating' the Awards and knew they had 'good intentions and are doing their best'.
Dr Ranj later 'paraphrased slightly' a joke made by one of the white guest presenters.
It is not known which guest presenter made the joke.
"Why has India never won the World Cup? Because every time they get a corner, they build a shop on it.” I’m sorry but how is this OK?" he tweeted of the joke.
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"Just to clarify: this joke was not made by the host of the event, but by a guest presenter," he added.
In another post, the TV doctor wrote about how he is 'proud of my heritage, my community and those who have come before me to allow me to do what I do'.
"That's why I cannot be silent on things that really matter," he said.
'We are not beyond criticism (and that includes me). But we are open to learn and grow.'
Mirror have contacted Just Eat and British Curry Awards for comment.
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