Britain’s Prime Ministerial election has reached its final stage. The British prime ministerial election has created more anticipation in India than usual because one of the prime ministerial candidates, Rishi Sunak, is of Indian origin. Dissatisfaction with the leadership of Boris Johnson in the ruling Conservative Party led to Rishi Sunak resigning his position against Boris Johnson despite his victory in a no-confidence motion, launching the end of his government. On the 5th, Rishi Sunak resigned from his post, followed by several members of Parliament, including Sajid Javid, who was the Health Minister. It was in the wake of this crisis that Boris Johnson resigned from his post.
According to the British Constitution, the person elected as the leader of the ruling party also becomes the Prime Minister. In that way, the election for the leadership of the Conservative Party is taking place. The finalists are Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. Rishi Sunak was the finance minister in Boris Johnson’s cabinet. Liz Truss was the Foreign Secretary. Rishi Sunakke has led in every poll so far. In the final and 5th round voting held on 20th, Rishi Sunak got 137 votes and Liz Truss got 137 votes.
Rishi Sunak has said that he can defeat Labor in the next general election and that the economic policies he has introduced have helped save the country during the incredibly difficult period of the Corona virus in the last two years. Is Rishi Sunak of Indian origin a success in the British Parliament? Now let us see what are the strengths and weaknesses of Rishi Sunak.
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Who is this Rishi Sunak?
Rishi Sunak’s grandparents hail from Punjab. They migrated from East Africa to Britain in the 1960s. Rishi Sunak’s father immigrated to Britain from Kenya and his mother from Tanzania. Rishi Sunak’s father was a doctor. His mother ran a dispensary. Although his mother and father were in the medical field, Rishi Sunak had an interest in finance.
Rishi Sunak studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University and holds an MBA from Harvard University, California. studied Working as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he married Akshada Murthy, daughter of Infosys owner Narayana Murthy in 2009.
Rishi Sunak’s political career started in 2015. He was first elected Member of Parliament in 2015 from the Richmond constituency in Yorkshire. When Theresa May was Prime Minister of Britain, Rishi Sunak was a joint minister in her cabinet. Rishi Sunak voted in favor of the “Brexit” resolution for Britain’s exit from the European Union. Following this, when the Boris Johnson government took office in 2019, Rishi Sunak was given the post of Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Later in 2020 when the cabinet was reshuffled, Rishi Sunak was promoted as the finance minister. In the British Cabinet, the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer is the 3rd most senior position after the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister.
With the global economy paralyzed due to Corona, Rishi Sunak faced the biggest challenge to revive it. Announcing a relief fund worth 350 million pounds during the Corona period increased Rishi Sunak’s influence among the people.
Controversies on Rishi Sunak:
At the same time, Rishi Sunak has been embroiled in various controversies. During Rishi Sunak’s tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Britain experienced the lowest inflation in 40 years. Due to this, the price of essential commodities rose by 9 percent last April. Following this, various trade unions went on strike demanding higher wages. Last month, 40,000 British railway workers went on strike. This is the biggest strike in the last 30 years.
Similarly, Rishi Sunak’s wife and Infosys Narayanamurthy’s daughter Akshata Murthy’s allegation that she got Non-Domicile status and did not pay tax on foreign income also increased the criticism of Rishi Sunak. Non-Domicile status holders are required to pay tax only on UK income. He was also accused of evading 20 million pounds in tax on earnings from his shares in Infosys.
Although it is not a legal offence, the Labor Party has criticized the Finance Minister’s wife for raising taxes on workers and getting a tax break. Following this, Rishi Sunak announced that Akshada Murthy has started paying tax on his foreign income as well. When Boris Johnson was criticized for violating the Corona rules and attended the birthday party, Rishi Sunak also received various criticisms.
There were 8 candidates in the race for the post of Prime Minister, but now only two are in the final. Rishi Sunakke has led in all polls held so far. Who among them will become the Prime Minister of Britain will be known on the 5th of next month. 160,000 members of the Conservative Party will vote online or by post for their preferred candidate by September 2. Ballot papers for them will be issued by August 1.
Despite MPs leading the polls, Liz Truss is leading the polls. With a tough competition between the two, we will have to wait until September 5 to find out who will be the Prime Minister of Britain
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