UK Elections 2024 : Voting for the general election has begun in Britain. Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy have cast their votes early. The biggest contest in this election is between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak. There are more than 15 seats in Britain where the Indian community has a good hold. People of Indian origin are also in the fray to get a large number of votes in the election. Talking about the Conservative Party, it has fielded many prominent British Indians in the election fray. These include personalities like Rishi Sunak himself, Priti Patel and Suella Braverman.
These Indians are contesting elections in Britain
Dr. Neel Shastri is a healthcare law barrister and British Army officer. He is currently contesting from Solihull West and Shirley. At the same time, Kingsley Capital Partners founder Neil Mahapatra is contesting from Tunbridge Wells. Uday Nagaraju, who is a relative of former Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, is contesting from the North Bedfordshire seat. Kanishka Narayan is contesting from the Vale of Glamorgan seat. All of them are contesting from the Conservative Party. At the same time, if we talk about the Labor Party, it has also fielded 7 British Indians. Names like Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi, Valerie Vaz and Seema Malhotra are included. Former Deputy Mayor of London Rajesh Agarwal is contesting from Leicester East from the Labor Party. Dr. Jeevun Sandher, who leads the economics team at the New Economics Foundation, is contesting from Loughborough.
Names of British Indians in other parties
British Indian candidates are also contesting for smaller parties. Mohammed Hanif Ali is contesting for the Green Party and Anita Prabhakar is contesting for the Lib Dems. Jas Athwal, contesting from Ilford South, has been a councillor since 2010. He believes that moving to the UK has given his family a better future and is dedicated to serving his community. Dr Reva Goody, contesting in Feltham and Heston, is dedicated to Hindu cultural heritage.