Ankit Love

Ankit Love (born August 7, 1983) is a Kashmiri-British recording artist, director, producer, political and environmental activist. He founded the One Love Party in October 2015.
He claims to be the Emperor (Maharaja) of Jammu and Kashmir.
Family
Love is the son of Bhim Singh, former general secretary of the All India Congress Committee, founder and leader of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. His mother Jaya Mala is an activist and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. Ankit Love was initially enrolled at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla but was moved to United Kingdom in 1989 amidst security concerns from the ongoing insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.
Music and publishing
Love's sci-fi music video "Beethoven Burst", starring Latvian actress Rain Elwood, in 2012 was the most-watched music video of the week on MTV in the United States. He is the co-founder of BRIC magazine that was launched in 2013. He was the editor-in-chief of MistMag a fashion and science publication. A 2013 video he directed for MistMag has received over five million views. He was co-founder of a women's wear brand by fashion designer Nicole Coste. His feature documentary film "Runners" was part of the Doc Corner<nowiki/> and screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Political career
One Love Party founding
In the lead up to his nomination for the 2016 Mayor of London elections, Ankit Love founded the One Love Party in a dorm room with Cambridge University graduate Finn Grant in October 2015. He borrowed the £10,000 needed as deposit to stand for the Mayor of London elections.
London mayoral campaign
When the London mayoral nominations were announced on April 1, 2016 Ankit Love was the least known of the 12 candidates. In an interview with reporter Amita Joshi, he stated "we're not politicians, we're revolutionaries," and alluded to having ties with Respect Party candidate George Galloway.
Love expressed grievance against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cutting his father's Z security cover and evicting him from VP House.
Love came last in the mayoral vote with 0.2% of the vote and the fewest votes of any candidate since the position was created in 2000. He had received 4,941 first preference votes, and 28,920 second preference votes.
In a humorous piece reviewing the Mayoral campaign, The Guardian awarded Love the title of "Worst rap by a sun god".

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