BRENT Labour Party have been accused of affronting the Hindu community as they moved to evict worshippers from a temple in Wembley.

The Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam Temple, in Union Road, is on the ground floor of Parvitt Hall, and owned by the Labour Party who occupy the first floor. They served an eviction notice on the temple on Tuesday, terminating their tenancy agreement and giving them until October to leave the premises.

The news will come as a blow to Brent Labour’s chances of wooing the Hindu vote ahead of the May 5 election. The temple, which has been in its current site for six years, is a registered charity and was involved in providing aid to victims of the Boxing day tsunami.

Nagendram Seevaratnam, Chairman of the temple’s board of trustees, said: “The temple has served the Hindu community for six years and would be a great loss. They have not given us a reason for this. Ours is one of only two Shiva temples in London, the other is in Lewisham. There are between 150 and 200 regular visitors to the temple, and 300-400 a day in the summer months. Where can they now go?” The governing body of Parvitt Hall, who served the notice, would not expand on the reasons for the eviction, but it is believed that relations between landlord and tenant had broken down over several months. The party had started court proceedings against the temple and were contesting their rights under their contract, but have forestalled the process by giving them notice to leave.

A spokeswoman for the Governing Body of Parvitt Hall refused to comment, saying that the matter was in the hands of their lawyers.

Brent North MP Barry Gardiner also declined to comment.