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Anuja Prashar is the PPC for Beckenham. She is chair of BUILD - British United Indian Liberal Democrats
Anuja Prashar

London Region Elections: Anuja Prashar’s pitch for Chair

By Anuja Prashar | Wed 11th November 2015 - 5:04 pm

I am standing for Chair of London region because after the European and local elections 2014 and GE 2015 election, Liberal Democrats need committed support and dedicated focus to rebuild local party capacity for important elections coming up in the next 3 years. The Chair will have a pivotal role, to build up local party teams for a series of campaigns, by providing them the resources and support needed to take their energy and turn it into election wins.

I have served as Chair of my local party for 3 years, executive of London region for 3 years, stood in a council by-election 2012, campaigned all over London as European list candidate 2013-2014, PPC in GE 2015, worked on several policy working groups and worked at many levels of the party – including chairing the GLA selection committee 2015 and representing Lib Dems at ALDE policy groups in Brussels. I have also seen what our new members can do if given the right institutional support at the local level. I have complete conviction that Lib Dems in London can regain and indeed acquire new political territory over the next 3 years. 

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Opinion: Why I choose to stand in a seat I cannot win, this time

By Anuja Prashar | Mon 19th January 2015 - 3:34 pm

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There are two key reasons I have chosen to stand for a seat in my home constituency of Beckenham.  One reason focuses on achievements of Lib Dems in government and the second focuses on meeting the challenge of extreme voices in UK society today.

As a liberal and democratic thinker I believe that people should always be given a choice. It is ‘choice’ that symbolises freedom, which is at the heart of all free societies and civilizations. During this General Election it is vital for a Lib Dem voice that is unafraid to shout about what we have achieved within the coalition, because there are so many voices raised to suggest that Lib Dems have failed to be effective in government. The Lib Dem policies, listed by Mark Pack in a very clear infographic, would never have seen the light of day in a Tory majority government.

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Why BUILD an Indian organisation in the Liberal Democrats?

By Anuja Prashar | Mon 3rd September 2012 - 6:57 pm

BUILD founding executive committee left to right – Anuja Prashar (Chair), Mehul Thrivedi (Events Officer), Ishvinder Singh Matharu (Vice Chair), Avril Coelho (Membership Secretary), Rajinder Jhooti (Communications Officer), Vina Amin (Treasurer), Marisha Ray (Secretary) – not in photo.

On 31st August 2012, British United Indian Liberal Democrats (BUILD) held its first founders’ meeting. The seven founding members agreed to work together at grassroots level to help London local parties recruit and mentor people of Indian origin, in order to encourage them to stand for local council elections and to increase the …

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