UK PM race News

In May, Indian-origin British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak became the first frontline politician to be on The Sunday Times UK Rich List. 

Rishi Sunak, who has become the UK's first ever Hindu Prime Minister, and wife Akshata Murthy, daughter of Indian billionaire Narayana Murthy, have a combined fortune of 730 million pounds, media reports claimed.

42-year-old Rishi Sunak on Monday became Britain's first prime minister of Indian origin.

Narayana Murthy, the Infosys co-founder, said that he is confident that Rishi Sunak, who is married to his daughter Akshata Murthy, will do his best for the people of the United Kingdom.

Rishi Sunak on Monday won the race to lead the Conservative Party and will become Britain's youngest leader in modern times and the first person of color to hold the job.

Rishi Sunak, 42, has become Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party.

The UK may have its first Indian-origin PM - Rishi Sunak Boris Johnson has dropped out of the race Sunak has support from a large number of Tory leaders

Indian-origin Suella Braverman came out in support of Rishi Sunak Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Braverman described Sunak as the “right leader at the right time”

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt are trying to get the support of 100 lawmakers so they can enter a ballot on Monday to replace Liz Truss and become the Britain's next prime minister.

After the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak's claim in the race for the new Prime Minister of Britain seems to be getting stronger. Till now Sunak has got the support of more than 100 MPs.

Boris Johnson, who with his family was holidaying in the Caribbean island of Dominica, flew back to London on economy class on Saturday morning. There is growing speculation that he will run. But according to media reports on Saturday afternoon he had not obtained the endorsement of 100 MPs.

Neither Rishi Sunak nor Boris Johnson have officially declared their intention to contest the leadership election, with Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt the only candidate to formally announce her candidacy so far.

Sunak has received 93 endorsements from Conservative MPs, a BBC report said Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in second place with 44 endorsements. Another contender in the race is Penny Mordaunt, the current leader of the House of Commons, who has 21 supporters so far

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While Rishi Sunak polled 60,399 votes, his fellow party leader Liz Truss received 81,326 votes. 

If elected, Rishi Sunak will become the first Prime Minister of the UK of Indian heritage.

Who will succeed Boris Johnson as the next Tory Party leader and UK Prime Minister? Liz Truss said that she wants UK to be an aspiration nation as she pledged to deliver on the opportunities of Brexit Rishi Sunak vowed to reset the relationship between EU and UK if he becomes the next Prime Minister of Britain

Britain's PM candidate Rishi Sunak said he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange He made this remark during a campaign hustings event hosted by the Conservative Friends of India diaspora organisation in north London The former Chancellor greeted the largely British Indian gathering with a mix of traditional greetings such as "namaste, salaam, khem cho, and kidda"

Former British cabinet minister Michael Gove said he knows what the job requires and Rishi Sunak has it. Gove also said that he thinks Liz Truss' campaign for 10 Downing Street "has been a holiday from reality."

UK Foreign secretary Liz Truss has consolidated her lead over former chancellor Rishi Sunak She is most likely to become the British PM and Conservative Party leader, according to a new survey The latest survey has produced much the same result as it did when it was last published earlier this month