UK PM candidate Rishi Sunak, spouse Akshata rejoice Janmashtami at Iskcon

UK PM candidate Rishi Sunak and his spouse Akshata Murthy visited Iskcon temple forward of Janmashtami.

Rishi Sunak and his spouse Akshata Murty visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple (Photo: Twitter | @RishiSunak)

Indian-origin UK prime minister candidate Rishi Sunak visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple, the UK headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) on Thursday together with spouse Akshata Murthy to ring in Janmashtami celebrations.

Taking to Twitter, Sunak wrote, “Today I visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple with my wife Akshata to celebrate Janmashtami, in advance of the popular Hindu festival celebrating Lord Krishna’s birthday.”

Today I visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple with my spouse Akshata to rejoice Janmashtami, prematurely of the favored Hindu competition celebrating Lord Krishna’s birthday. pic.twitter.com/WL3FQVk0oU

— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) August 18, 2022

Sunak, who stormed into the ultimate two within the race for the PM publish, is, nevertheless, trailing behind his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

Truss, who has constantly topped polls of Conservative Party members, has a 32 share level lead over Sunak amongst those that have determined to vote, a survey confirmed. Truss was on 66 per cent, with Sunak on 34 per cent, in line with Reuters.

The governing Conservative Party is voting by postal poll to decide on a brand new celebration chief after Boris Johnson stated he would step down following a sequence of scandals. UK may have a brand new prime minister by September 5.

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