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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.
"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.
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
India's neighbor Pakistan.
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".
"Trump is about to become the king of the world," Gupta said.
"How will we attack Pakistan without his support?"
India accuses Muslim Pakistan 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 neighbors have fought three wars since
independence and partition in 1947.
(Reporting by Sankalp Phartiyal; Editing by Douglas Busvine)
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