London: Former UK Finance Minister and Indian-origin Rishi Sunak have put forward a claim for the post of Prime Minister of Britain in place of Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson had resigned from his post on Thursday and now Rishi Sunak presented his candidacy for the new leader of the Conservative Party and the future PM on Friday.
The British Indian minister, who resigned from Johnson’s cabinet earlier this week, was the top-ranked Tory leader who was yet to stake a claim in the race for leadership. Launching his campaign, he said in a video on social media, “One has to capture this moment and make the right decision.”
Sunak, 42, the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and a British MP at 10 Downing Street, has long been seen as a potential successor to Johnson and is believed to have drawn a large section of the Conservative Party to stake his claim. has gathered support.
“We need to make sure this is not the end of the British Indian story,” he told reporters last week. We can achieve more. And I’m really excited about the future.” He was asked if he was going to be Britain’s first prime minister of Indian origin, to which he replied.
