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Voting for the general election is to be held in Britain on 4 July. Since 2022, the power of Britain is in the hands of Indian-origin Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. This time too, he is staking claim for the post of Prime Minister on behalf of the Conservative Party. Not only for the post of PM, many Indian-origin candidates are also trying their luck among MP candidates. About 2.5 percent of people of Indian origin live in Britain, Indians living in Britain are in a very good position in terms of economic and education.
According to the data, Indian families are at the forefront of high-level income families and contribute 6 percent to Britain’s GDP. This economic strength is enough to influence the country’s politics.
There are about 25 lakh Indian voters in Britain and this time the highest number of 107 candidates of Indian origin are contesting the elections. Mainly two parties are in the fray in this election, Conservatives led by Rishi Sunak and Labor Party led by Keir Starmer. Along with both the main parties, the other smaller parties of the country are also eyeing the Indian origin vote bank.
Labour party has the highest number of Indians
Labour party has given tickets to the maximum number of Indian origin candidates in the elections. 33 candidates of Indian origin are contesting from the Labour party. Most of the British Indian candidates of the party are well versed with public offices and policy circles.
Apart from this, some famous Indians have also been made candidates, like Uday Nagaraju from North Bedfordshire seat, who is an IT professional by profession and a relative of former Prime Minister of India PV Narasimha Rao. Hajira Pirani has been fielded from Wingston seat. Pirana’s family is famous in Mumbai as Parivar Machiwala.
Labour candidates with people of Indian origin
The Conservative party is also not far behind in giving tickets to British Indians. 30 people of the Indian community have been made candidates from the Conservative side. The Conservative party has given tickets mostly to professionals and businessmen. Among them, Dr. Neel Shastri, who has been nominated from Solihull and Shirley, is a barrister and has also served in the British Army.
Reva Goody from Feltham is campaigning by keeping Hindu culture at the forefront. During the campaign, she swore on the Bhagavad Gita and said that she is committed to showing that Hindu cultural heritage and values can contribute to British society. Apart from this, Conservative candidate from Lewisham North Seach, Nupur Majumdar runs a hospitality company and an aviation consultancy firm.
Small parties also gave opportunities to Indians
Apart from the main parties, small parties have also bet heavily on British Indians. The Green Party has fielded 13 candidates from the Indian community. This includes Councillor Mohammad Hanif Ali from Bolton city. He is the first Asian councillor of Bolton and is now in the election fray to become an MP. Reform UK and Liberal Democrats have given tickets to 13 and 11 Indians respectively.
650 seats, voting in a single phase… Rishi Sunak’s credibility at stake, know everything about UK elections
The counting down for the general elections in Britain has started. Voting is to be held on July 4 for this election, which is being held after 5 years. Rishi Sunak is in front of the public as Prime Minister for the first time, he was made Prime Minister in 2022 after the resignation of Conservative Party PM Boris Johnson. In this election, everyone’s eyes are on the voters of Indian origin, because Rishi Sunak himself is also of Indian origin and this time 106 MP candidates of Indian origin are contesting the elections. A survey has claimed that 65 percent of Indian-origin voters are against Sunak.
Almost all the surveys conducted before this election have shown the Conservative Party losing. It is estimated that after 14 years, the left-leaning Labor Party is going to return to power again. The Center Right Conservative Party captured power in Britain in 2010. At that time, Britain was facing recession and there was a lot of anger among the public against the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown over Britain’s role in the Iraq Afghanistan war.
The reason for the public’s anger against Rishi Sunak is believed to be rising inflation. Britain’s economy is going through a period of decline and taxes have increased. Also, Sunak has complicated the visa and immigration rules, due to which the Indian community and people of Asia are also standing against him.
There are about 25 lakh Indian voters in Britain. After sensing the anger, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife reached the BPS Swaminarayan temple in London just before the elections. After the darshan, he mentioned India’s victory in the T20 World Cup and also said, “I am a Hindu like all of you and my religion inspires me.”
Who is in front of Rishi Sunak?
The opposition Labour Party is led by Keir Starmer. 61-year-old Keir Starmer is a lawyer by profession and a former prosecutor of England and Wales. After the support he is getting from the public during the election campaign, he considers his victory certain.
Starmer with voters of Indian origin
According to the opinion poll of ‘Yougov’, the Conservative Party under the leadership of Sunak is seen settling for only 155 seats, whereas in the 2019 elections, the party under the leadership of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had won 365 seats. At the same time, the Labour Party has been given 403 seats in the opinion poll. There are a total of 650 seats in Britain and any party needs more than 325 seats to come to power.
How are elections held in Britain?
The British Parliament has two houses, one is the House of Lords and the other is the House of Commons. The House of Lords has nothing to do with the general elections. Voters in 650 constituencies of the country elect their representative i.e. MP for the House of Commons. These representatives together elect the Prime Minister of the country and then the Prime Minister selects the ministers and forms the government.
Just as in India, the Prime Minister is elected according to the MPs of the Lok Sabha, the same happens in Britain. In India, Rajya Sabha is the upper house, in Britain the House of Lords is the upper house.
How many candidates of Indian origin?
This time the maximum number of candidates of Indian origin are in the fray in the UK elections. Out of 650, 107 candidates are of Indian origin, in which 30 candidates are from the Conservative Party, 33 from the Labour Party, 13 from the Green Party and 11 from the Liberal Democrats. Among them, Reva Godi, Nupur Majumdar, Rajesh Agarwal and Mohammad Hanif are the prominent faces.
