Conservative Friends of India

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

Co-chairmen

Zac Goldsmith MP
Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger^[10]
Director Nayaz Qazi

Vice chairs

Bob Blackman MP
Paul Scully MP
Theresa Villiers MP

^[11]

Patrons

Theresa May MP
Iain Duncan Smith MP
Nus Ghani MP
Alok Sharma MP
Tom Tugendhat MP
Shailesh Vara MP

References

^ "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.

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