London: Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordant were competing to become the Prime Minister of Britain. Out of the two, the one who got the most support from the Conservative Party MPs was to be crowned Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak had already received the support of half of the 357 MPs of the Conservative Party. Eventually Conservative Party leader Penny Mordant withdrew the nomination, paving the way for Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak was the sole leader in the race to become the Prime Minister of Britain. Finally, it was announced to make him the Prime Minister.
Earlier, Boris Johnson was also in the running to become Prime Minister again, but after he withdrew there was a possibility of a contest between the two candidates. Following Boris Johnson’s resignation, the Conservative Party went to the polls, with Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in direct competition. The MPs’ first choice was Suna, but Liz Truss became Prime Minister of Britain after the party’s electorate gave Liz Truss the most votes. However, he resigned after remaining as Prime Minister for 45 days due to non-fulfilment of the promises made during the elections and growing internal discontent. He was said to be under pressure to resign. After that, the selection process of the new Prime Minister started again. With the support of 100 MPs, Rishi Sunak once again entered the fray.
However, many leaders in Johnson’s ministry chose Rishi Sunak. So Johnson finally backed down. Indian-origin Priti Patel, a minister in the Boris Johnson government, supported Rishi Sunak. Apart from that, Cabinet Ministers James Cleverley and Nadeem Jahavi also supported Rishi Sunak. After Rishi Sunak’s name was announced, Caretaker Prime Minister Liz Truss tweeted her congratulations and expressed her full support. Rishi Sunak jokingly wrote about Boris Johnson on Twitter that Johnson has served the country in times of crisis. The country will remember him that way. Even after he decides to withdraw from the Prime Ministerial race, we wish him to leverage his experience in public service.
After becoming the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak assured to improve the sluggish economy first by tweeting. Britain is a great country and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to serve Britain as Prime Minister. Conservative leader of Indian origin Rishi Sunak, while talking about foreign policy in the party meeting, said that India-Britain bilateral relations will be strengthened. Britain’s economy is in a very fragile state right now. In such a situation, Britain will need allies like India. There is a group from India in the Conservative Party. In this context, Rishi Sunak said, Hello, how are you? You are my family.
Rishi Sunak added that we all know that India-Britain relations are centuries old. The relations between the two countries have been very important in the last seven decades. I want to facilitate the visa policy between Britain and India. Arrangements will be made to provide a better environment for students coming from India. Steps will be taken to enable Indian companies to invest in Britain and create new jobs. Decisions will be taken to facilitate tourism between the two countries.
Rishi Sunak’s grandparents settled in Africa around 1940 from Punjab, India. From there he came to Britain in 1960. Sunak’s father Yashvir Sunak was born in Kenya. His mother Usha Sunak was born in Tanzania. Both their families settled in Britain. Both got married after settling in Britain. Rashi Sunak was born in 1980 in Britain. Rishi Sunak, who studied economics, philosophy and politics, was an analyst at an investment firm. His political career started around 2012. Rishi Sunak is counted among the richest MPs in Britain. Rishi’s net worth is estimated to be Rs 7300 crores, his wife Akshata is even richer.
Erishi Sunak happens to be the son-in-law of India’s top businessmen Narayan Murthy and Sudha Murthy. Rishi holds Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy in high regard. In a program of British-Indians, Rishi said that he is very proud of the position his mother-in-law has achieved in the industrial world of India through struggle. Sudha-Narayan Murthy’s daughter Akshata and Rishi Sunak were studying at Stanford University in America. At that time both fell in love. Both got married in 2009