The Parliamentarians’ Forum on HIV/AIDS (PFA), an apex body of elected parliamentarians, dedicated to providing political leadership to HIV and AIDS is guiding the political course in advising and influencing the attitudes of the executive and legislature towards this dreaded disease. PFA is uniquely placed by virtue of its broad representation of the people on one hand and access to Parliament on the other. In an effort to strengthen local response to HIV and AIDS, PFA launched an outreach program for elected representatives with the hosting of National Convention of Zila Parishad Adhyakshas (ZPAs) and Mayors on HIV and AIDS. The advocacy and sensitization meeting was jointly supported by the Government of India, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). This was an opportunity to leverage partnership with a countrywide community of locally elected leaders in the rural and urban areas who have the potential to influence policies, programs and resource management.