Amitabh Bachchan congratulated Rishi Sunak, who will be the third UK prime minister this year and will replace Liz Truss, who served as Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister.
Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy is the daughter of IT giant Infosys founder Narayan Murthy and the couple have two daughters - Krishna and Anoushka.
Rishi Sunak's paternal grandfather, Ramdas Sunak, was from Gujranwala (in present-day Pakistan). He moved to Nairobi in 1935 to work as a clerk. His wife Suhag Rani Sunak from Delhi also joined him in 1937.
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UK PM Race: After former PM Boris Johnson, Penny Mordaunt also pulled out from the election paving the way for party colleague Rishi Sunak.
UK PM race: The 42-year-old former chancellor, who said he wanted to “fix our economy, unite our party and deliver for our country” when he declared his candidacy.
As Boris Johnson pulled out of prime minister race, now it's Penny Mordaunt Vs Rishi Sunak for the top job in the trouble-hit country. If Rishi Sunak is elected, he would be the first Indian-origin UK PM.
UP PM Race: Rishi Sunak further got the support of close to an estimated 136 MPs — well above the 100-threshold required in time for the 1400 hours local time on Monday deadline.
UK PM Race: The 42-year-old is the clear frontrunner as he raced ahead with the backing of at least 128 Tory members of Parliament, even as loyalists of his former boss – Boris Johnson – claimed he has the necessary 100 MPs needed to make it to the shortlist.
Rishi Sunak leads UK-PM race: The 42-year-old frontrunner's tally continues to grow as former prime minister Boris Johnson flies back from his Caribbean holiday to reportedly also join the contest.
UK Political Crisis: The entire world is worried with the developmenets in the economic crisis-hit United Kingdom as a further escalation of the crisis in the one of economic powers will affect the global economy.
Liz Truss appointed UK PM: Truss travelled to the 96-year-old monarch's Balmoral Castle residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to meet the Queen who formally asked her to form a new government.
UK news: UK Home Secretary Priti Patel resigned on Monday hours after Liz Truss won the UK PM race defeating Rishi Sunak.
Rishi Sunak, who lost the vote 57-43 per cent, said he was "proud" of the campaign he ran and indicated once again that he did not plan to serve in a Truss-led Cabinet if offered a job.
Liz Truss has defeated Rishi Sunak to be the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Soon after the news broke out, Twitter was bombarded with memes and hilarious jokes. Take a look.
Rishi Sunak loses UK PM race: Truss polled 81,326 votes, compared to Sunak's 60,399 in an election with a high turnout of 82.6 per cent, with 654 rejected ballots from a total of 172,437 eligible Tory voters.
UK PM RACE: Newly-elected Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister-designate Liz Truss is among the senior British politicians known for championing deeper India-UK strategic and economic ties, describing them as a "sweet spot" of global trade dynamics.
Liz Truss undertook a two-day trip to India in October last year. During her visit, she underscored the importance of partnership with India.
UK PM race: If elected, 42-year-old Rishi Sunak will go on to make history as the first Prime Minister of the UK of Indian heritage.
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