Priti Patel News
An all-party Indian parliamentary delegation, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, held a meeting with the UK's Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel and her team on Sunday to share India's firm resolve in countering cross-border terrorism.
"The UK must stand with India." MP Priti Patel slammed the Pahalgam terror attack in Parliament, called for joint action against terrorism, and probed cross-border links. WATCH her powerful speech.
Britain will accept 20,000 Afghan refugees, says UK Home Secretary
This will be done as part of the Resettlement Scheme, she added
Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Indian-origin politician Priti Patel as Home Secretary.
Britain's senior-most Indian-origin minister Priti Patel has resigned from her Cabinet post over her unauthorised secret meetings with Israeli politicians while on a holiday in the Jewish country.
Patel holds on to her position as the senior-most Indian-origin Cabinet minister and will remain in charge as the Secretary of State for international development in the new government.
Priti Patel, Britain's senior-most Indian-origin minister, has vowed to champion the interests of the Indian Diaspora and work for strengthening the Indo-UK ties as she received her 'Pravasi Bharatiya Samman' at a ceremony here.
Queen Elizabeth II will host a spectacular UK-India Year of Culture launch at Buckingham Palace at the end of this month to strengthen the special cultural partnership between the two countries.
Patel has been a very vocal supporter of Brexit in the June 23 referendum, leading to a disparaging remark about her name.
An Indian-origin minister who is a key member of the parliamentarian group in favour of Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) has used the country's love for Indian food, dubbed curry, to make her case stronger.
Sikhs across the UK will no longer face the prospect of disciplinary action for wearing turbans in workplaces after new rules come into force on Thursday.
"Make in India and Clean India are very important social campaigns. He (Modi) speaks about these campaigns frequently," Patel said.
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