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Name	Position	Nominating Organisation
Mrs Trupti Patel	President	Hindu Forum of Britain Charity
Mrs Harsha Shukla MBE	Vice President, North	Hindu Council of North UK
Mr Puneet Dwivedi	Vice President Scotland	Edenborough Hindu Society
Ms Panna Vekaria	Assistant Secretary General	Vascroft Foundation
Dr Ramesh Pattani	Vice President, London and South , Chair of membership committee
Mr DevshiChothani	Honorary Treasurer	Hindu Forum of Britain Charity
Late Mr Haribhai Halai	Past President & Trustee	Hindu Forum of Britain Charity
Mr Rickie Sehgal	Chair, Governance	Co-opted
Dr Lakshmi Vyas	Chair, Education and Census UK, HFE representative in Europe (President)	Co-opted
Mr Swaminathan Santanam	Chair, Chaplaincy	Co-opted
MS Alpa Raja	Chair of Political Engagement	Co-opted
Ms RagsudhaVinjamuri - Rapatwa	Chair of Public Relation and media	Sanskruti
Mr Sumantrai Desai	Chair of Seniors committee	Asia Foundation
Dr Shiv Pandey	Chair Public Health committee	Co-opted
Mr VeljiVekaria	NEC Member – Head of Diwali Committee	SKLPC (UK)
Mr Shivji D Khetani	NEC Member – Diwali Committee	Co-opted
Ms Mina PArmar	NEC member- Media Committee	Co-opted
Ms Ranu Mehta Radia	Lead, Legal Advisory Committee	Sai School
Mr Bhaskar Rughani	NEC Member Supporting VP south	ISKCON
Mr Sanjay Gadhvi	NEC Member	ISKCON
Mr Swaminathan Vaidyanathan	NEC Member - Political Engagement	Indika Centre
Mrs Jasuben Mistry	NEC Member	Shri Prajapati Association Uk
Mr ChiranjibiPaudyal	NEC Member	Co-opted - Nepali Hindu Community
Prerna Lau Sian	NEC Member	Co-opted
Ms Harsha Trivedi	NEC Member	Brahmin Society
Ms DeeshaChadda	Interfaith committee	Co-opted
Dr Dev Chauhan	Public Health Committee	BAPIO
Mr Hitesh Kukadia	NEC Member	Hindu Council Birmingham
Mr Sudeep Singh	Media Committee & Website	Co-opted
H. G. Gauri Das	Spiritual Commissioner	ISKCON
PP - Swami Nirliptananda	Spiritual Commissioner	London Sevashram Sangh
Ms Tara Patel	NEC member	Shree Mandhata YCA
Mr Vipul Mistry	NEC member	Shree Prajapati Association

Trustees & Company Directors

Mr Mitesh Shashi Vekaria, Mrs Trupti Patel, Mr DevshiChothani & Mrs Harsha Shukla.

Patrons

Mr Shashi Vekaria - Chair of Patron, Mr C.B.Patel, Mr Joginder Sanger, Prof, Nat Puri, Lord Dholokia & Mr Rickie Sehgal.

Hindu Reflection by Mrs Trupti Patel - 16th May 2020

Hindu Reflection by Mrs Trupti Patel (16 -05-2020)

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The Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB) is the largest umbrella body for British Hindus with more then 320 member organisations from around the country. HFB is the first port of call from the central government and the most reported Hindu organisation in the British media.

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HFB meets New Labour Leader

The HFB wrote to Sir Keir Starmer, the new leader of the Labour Party, on 8th April in which we shared some serious concerns the Indian/Hindu community had with the Labour Party. The Labour leader wrote back on 27th April and whilst this is welcome, the issues raised by the HFB had not been addressed properly. On 30th April 2020 a teleconference took place between the representatives of the HFB led by Ms Trupti Patel and Sir Keir Starmer and his team. The HFB considers this as the first step in what we hope will be a continued positive dialogue for the Labour Party to learn, and to understand, the issues arising from within the community.

Those in attendance at this teleconference were:

Hindu Forum Britain (HFB): Mrs Trupti Patel (President), Mrs Harsha Shukla MBE (VP North) and Dr Ramesh Pattni OBE (VP South).

Labour Party: Sir Keir Starmer MP, RT Hon Angela Raynor MP, Rt Hon Janet Daby MP, Baroness D Lawrence and Navendu Mishra MP.

The discussion was cordial and Sir Keir Starmer confirmed that he was aware of the concerns, that as the new leader he wanted to reset relations with the Indian community. He went on to say, he wanted proper engagement and that the Labour Party needed to hear and to be held accountable. He further added that if the changes are not seen then he wanted the HFB to tell him so without any reservation. He accepted that an apology was due to the community. His team echoed his thinking to move forward and build good relations with the Hindu community.

The President of the HFB, Ms Trupti Patel thanked Sir Keir Starmer for taking the step in this important dialogue. She pointed out that the reservations and concerns raised in her letter to him are serious and require the Labour Party to address those urgently. She reminded him of the exclusion of Hindus in CV 19 steering group and most importantly Hate filled incident unfolding on the 15th of August 2019 on India’s Independence Day when some 4000 strong group of anti-Indian protestors threw missiles at the gathering of 200 people celebrating Independence day and created a very tense situation. She also pointed that it was alarming that some Labour politicians took an active part and voiced their views on Kashmir that were a detriment to community cohesion in the UK.

Sir Keir Starmer suggested that after the call it was essential to make sure that we don't let things fall by and to set up systems for communications that allow for continuous and direct communication with the senior leadership of the Labour Party.

Dr Pattni pointed out that unless there are channels and systems of dialogue between the Labour leadership and the Hindu community, there will remain such tensions due to biased thinking in the Party. Mrs Shukla pointed out that there should be trust and respect which should reflect in transparent communication and be inclusive of all faiths in any policy forming process. There needs to be a practical action plan as a way forward in dialogue which was echoed by Trupti Patel as doing the walk beyond just the talk.

The meeting concluded on the note that the HFB will be writing to Sir Keir Starmer with their observations on his letter as well as the teleconference call. In so doing to give a series of actions points that the party can work on immediately.

The Hindu Forum Britain have now written to Sir Keir Starmer with their observations as detailed in the letter below.

Mrs Trupti Patel

President

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