New Delhi: After Boris Johnson’s surprise exit as Britain’s Prime Minister, the speculations have begun about the names of leaders including the South Asian ones, who are in race to occupy the chair next. Indian origin Rishi Sunak, who has been chancellor of the UK Exchequer, is seen as the leading frontrunner for the post and may succeed Johnson. If this happens, he would become the first Indian-origin man to become British Prime Minister.
Rishi Sunak & Pakistani origin Sajid Javid, both are among top contenders in the race and they resigned as Finance
Minister & Health Secretary respectively days before Boris Johnson put in his papers.
India’s son-in-law to become UK PM?
The 42 year old leader is the bookie’s favourite to enter 10 Downing Street.
Having studied at Standford & Oxford, he made a remarkable career for himself in the government as well as outside it. He worked with the Goldman Sachs, launched his own enterprise and also worked with many MNCs in Silicon valley.
Among the recent survey of Tory members, Sunak emerged among the top contenders for the post while home secretary Priti Patel & former health secretary Sajid Javid also secured respectable support. However, 2 other names that ranked ahead of Sunak included Ben Wallace (13%) and Penny Mordaunt (12%).
Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law entered UK Parliament in 2015
Rishi Sunak is the son-in-law of Infosys founder Naryana Murthy. He became a member of UK Parliament for the first time in 2015 and since then made rapid progress in the power corridors. Within 5 years, he was catapulted to the Cabinet rank of Chancellor of the exchequer.
He rose to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic as his carefully designed package yielded big benefits for the businesses & workers.
Sunak’s parents grew up in East Africa. His father was a doctor while mother ran a pharmacy. All of them later moved to Britain & settled there.
Rishi Sunak met Narayan Murthy’s daughter Akshata Murthy in United States and married in 2009 in California. His strong Indian links were reflected when he took the oath of the House of Commons by putting his hands on the Bhagwat Gita.
