The Conservative Friends of India[1] is linked to the Conservative Party in the UK, and is a membership organisation which engages with the British Indian community and played a significant role in the Conservative campaign in the 2019 general election, as well as supporting the development of stronger India–United Kingdom relations.[2] It actively campaigns for the Conservative Party in the British Indian community.[3][4][5] The organisation was also responsible for releasing Hindi campaign songs for the Conservative Party in recent elections supporting David Cameron, Theresa May and Zac Goldsmith.[6][7]
The organisation's events have been attended by the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.[8][9]
Board[edit]
Co-chairmen[edit]
- Zac Goldsmith MP
- Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger[10]
- Director Nayaz Qazi
Vice chairs[edit]
- Bob Blackman MP
- Paul Scully MP
- Theresa Villiers MP
Patrons[edit]
- Theresa May MP
- Iain Duncan Smith MP
- Nus Ghani MP
- Alok Sharma MP
- Tom Tugendhat MP
- Shailesh Vara MP
References[edit]
- ^ "Conservative Friends of India". Conservative Friends of India. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "India-UK Relations" (PDF). Ministry of External Affairs. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2019.
- ^ "About us". Conservative Friends of India. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "Securing the Majority 6) Build on CCHQ's ethnic minority campaigning". Conservative Home.
- ^ "James Brokenshire: I urge local leaders everywhere in Britain to join us in helping to boost business abroad". Conservative Home.
- ^ "Extremely catchy Hindi song about Theresa May is going to get the Tories elected". May 29, 2017.
- ^ "Cameron underlines the power of Hinglish, again". May 2, 2015.
- ^ "Indian diplomats attend Tory reception a week after snubbing Labour | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Welcome to High Commission of India, London, UK". www.hcilondon.gov.in.
- ^ "NRI industrialist nominated to the UK Parliament's House of Lords". www.connectedtoindia.com.
- ^ "People | Conservative Friends". www.conservativefriendsofindia.co.uk.
