Conservative Friends of India celebrated Diwali at a reception at the Mint Leaf restaurant in Haymarket.
The event on Wednesday, November 16, was hosted by CF India’s co-chairmen Shailesh Vara MP and Ranjit Singh Baxi.
More than 100 CF India members joined Conservative MPs and Lords to celebrate the holy festival.
The Conservative Party’s newest MP, Robert Courts - who succeeded former Prime Minister David Cameron as the member for Witney and West Oxfordshire – gave a speech about the importance of family and the bond between Britain and India. Rishi Sunak MP and CF-India’s two Chairman also spoke at the event.
CF India Co-Chairman Shailesh Vara MP said: “Diwali is an important festival which is celebrated throughout the world and it was good to celebrate it with so many of my fellow Parliamentarians and CF India members. It was certainly a very enjoyable evening.”