Indian-origin Rishi Sunak is the brand new UK Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak was appointed the UK prime minister after assembly King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 25, 2022 16:13 IST

Rishi Sunak was sworn in as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

By India Today Web Desk: Rishi Sunak was appointed because the UK Prime Minister on Tuesday. He is the fifth Conservative get together chief elected to the highest submit previously 6 years. Rishi Sunak is the primary particular person of Indian origin to develop into the British Prime Minister. And the highway to the UK prime submit has been removed from clean for Sunak.

Last month, Rishi Sunak had misplaced the Conservative Party management contest to Liz Truss, who went on to formally take cost because the UK prime minister. However, Truss couldn’t get a fast deal with on the disaster plaguing the nation and was pressured to resign after being in energy for simply 45 days. And this time, the Conservative Party backed Indian-origin MP Rishi Sunak for the highest submit.

Following the resignation of Liz Truss as UK PM, the Conservative get together rushed for a quick monitor election, which noticed a race between Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt for the highest submit. This was seen an try by the Conservative get together to not delay the elections contemplating the risky state of affairs of the markets.

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Rishi Sunak was elected unopposed as the brand new chief of the Conservative Party as his rival Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race. Sunak was comfortably main the UK PM race, having secured the backing of over half the 357 Tory MPs.

On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak met King Charles at Buckingham Palace earlier than taking the oath because the UK PM. He is the primary Hindu prime minister of the UK.

RISHI SUNAK BRITAIN’S FIRST HINDU PM

Conservative Party chief Rishi Sunak, who has by no means shied away from his Hindu id, was elected to be the UK’s first Indian-origin PM on Monday. And the victory for the 42-year-old Hindu chief got here on Diwali.

Rishi Sunak, who was working for the submit of the UK Prime Minister in August, was seen performing Gau pooja in London together with his spouse, Akshata Murthy. The movies and images of the ritual gained reward from Indians dwelling within the UK. The transfer was additionally hailed by the Hindu neighborhood in India because it hailed the Indian-origin politician for ‘proudly displaying his non secular id’.

Today I visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple with my spouse Akshata to have a good time Janmashtami, upfront of the favored Hindu pageant celebrating Lord Krishna’s birthday. pic.twitter.com/WL3FQVk0oU
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) August 18, 2022

CHALLENEGES AHEAD FOR RISHI SUNAK

Just like his predecessor, Rishi Sunak is inheriting a frightening array of issues, together with inflation and the price of dwelling disaster.

Rishi Sunak had formally launched his marketing campaign for the UK prime minister’s submit on Sunday and had claimed that he “wants to fix our economy, unite our Party and deliver for our country.”

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Oct 25, 2022