Conservative Friends of India
The Conservative Friends of India[1] is linked to the Conservative Party in the UK, and is a membership organization 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 UK - India 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
Co-chairmen
- Zac Goldsmith MP
- Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger[10]
- Director Nayaz Qazi
Patrons
- Theresa May MP
- Iain Duncan Smith MP
- Nusrat Ghani MP
- Alok Sharma MP
- Tom Tugendhat MP
- Shailesh Vara MP
References
- "Conservative Friends of India". Conservative Friends of India. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-UK.pdf
- "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.
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