'Boris ko humein jitana hai': Conservatives call to British Indians ahead of elections

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party has yet again attempted, to woo British Indians for support just ahead of general elections in Britain on December 12. Before Thursday polls, Conservatives called  Indian voters by circulating a video in Hindi featuring Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi along with Johnson. This idea to target British Indians was first seen in 2015, n in 2017 and w again for most recent elections. 

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video which was also shared by Conservative Parliamentary Candidate of rth West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara for 1.5 million-strong community to vote for Conservatives.  latest video says, Boris ko humein jitana hain, and shows ims of PM Modi, Indian high commissioner Ruchi Ghanashyam and many or Indian leaders. Ideologically, closeness between Bhartiya Janta Party with Conservatives have also been seen in recent years.

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Conservatives and British Indians

Under leadership of David Cameron in 2015, an initiative was taken by Conservatives with a duet song was composed to appeal to voters to repose ir trust on Cameron called, Neela hai Asmaan. And in 2017, former Prime Minister of UK, resa May also released a video called resa ke saath where May was seen in Indian traditional dress alongside PM Modi. Johnson's closeness with Indian community in Britain was also seen in his recent visit to BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden, rth-west London on December 7.

During his visit, Johnson also recalled his conversations with PM Modi. Furrmore, Johnson made it categorically clear that anti-India sentiment would t be tolerated in UK.

UK PM said, "I kw Prime Minister Modi is building a new India. And, we in UK government will support him fully in his endeavour. British Indians have played a vital role in helping Conservatives win elections in past. When I told Narendrabhai [Modi] this, he just laughed and said Indians are always on winning side.” He added, "re can be place for racism or anti-India sentiment of any kind in this country".   

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