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Designation

Name

President and Company Director of HFB

Mrs Trupti Jagdish Patel

Hon. Treasurer and Company Director

Mr Devshi Chothani

Vice President North and Company Director, ( President HC North )

Mrs Harsha Shukla MBE

V.P. South & Chair of PR & RE ( Religious Education )

Dr Ramesh Pattni OBE

Company Director ( Vascroft Foundation)

Mr Mitesh Vekaria

Chair of Patrons ( Vascroft Foundation )

Mr Shashibhai Vekaria

Patron and IT Support

( Transputec)

Mr Rickie Sehgal

Vice President ( Midland)

Mr Jas Singh Sharma

Vice President ( Scotland )

TBA

Chair of Diwali Committee ( SKLP )

Mr Velji Vekaria

Ass Sec General

Ms Panna Vekaria

Chair of Medical Advisory Committee - NHS

Dr Bhavna Pandya

Member ( Medical Advisory Committee - NHS)

Dr Sapna Bhansali

Member ( Interfaith )

Dr Deesha Chedda OBE

Chaplaincy Committee

Mr Swaminathan Vaidyanathan

Chair of Parliamentary Engagement Committee

Dr Harsha Jani

Membership Committee
( Mandhata YNC Association )

Mrs Tara Patel

Membership
( Mandhata YNC Association )

Ms Darshini Pullan

Member ( Shree Prajapati Samaj & Hindu   Council Birmingham)

Mr Vipul Mistry

Member ( Nepal )

Mr Chiranjibi Padyul

Member ( Asian Foundation )

Mr Sumantrai Desai

Member ( NAPS ) Coordinator -Census 2021

Mr Pravinbhai Amin CE

Member (HC Brent )

Mr Manubhai Makwana       ( Mr Mahendra Pattni)

Member (HC Brent )

Mr Ashwin Galoria
( Mr Upendra Solanki )

Member ( Isckon )

Ms Nanadrani Naina Parmar

Member ( Isckon )

Mr Bhaskar Rughani

Member ( Isckon )

Dr Sachi Patel

Member ( IT )

Mr Sudeep Singh

Member ( Shree Prajapati Samaj )

Mr Balu Lad

Member ( NCGO )

TBA –(Mrs Anita Ruparelia)

Member ( Special Project )

Dr Shorna Pal

Member ( Community Engagement )

Mr Ashish Popat
   

President of HFE ( HFB Representative to HFE )

Dr Lakshmi Vyas

Spiritual Commissioners

  

Brahmrishi Mission London

Swami Suryaprabha Didi

ISKCON

Visakha Devi Dasi

Brahamkumaris UK

 

Patrons

  
 

Lord Navnit Dholakia
 

Prof. N Puri
 

Mr C B Patel
 

Mr J Sanger

Trustees & Company Directors

Mr Mitesh Vekaria, Mrs Trupti Patel, Mr Devshi Chothani, Mrs Harsha Shukla, Mr Ramesh Pattni

Patrons

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

ABOUT US

The Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB) is the largest umbrella body for British Hindus with more then 300 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 

HFB 

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