What Indian Politicians Have To Say About Rishi Sunak's Elevation As UK PM?

After the resignation of former United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister PM Liz Truss amid the economic crisis, Indian-origin Rishi Sunak has been elected as UK PM on Monday.

Several Indian politicians congratulated Sunak for his victory as he has close ties with India. He is the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder, Narayan Murthy.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi complimented Sunak and mentioned the 'living bridges' of UK Indians as we are moving forward to transform our historic ties into a modern partnership. 

"I look forward to working closely on global issues and implementation of roadmap 2030," PM said.

PDP President and former CM of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti said celebrated Sunak's victory and said that it was a proud moment that an Indian origin has been elected as the UK's Prime Minister. 

She said that it reminds us that Britain has approved an ethnic minority member as their premier but we are still bound by NRC and CAA discriminatory laws.

Following the tweets, several leaders from Congress and AAP also congratulated Sunak.

Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that there is a lesson to be learnt from the USA and UK. These countries embraced the non-majority citizens and have given them higher authority in government. First Kamala Harris, and now Rishi Sunak.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also praised the UK and said that we will have to acknowledge that the Britishers have done something unique around the world. They had placed a minority in the most powerful post. He further questioned, if this can happen in India.

The Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha stated that history comes full circle, today, India celebrates Diwali as an Independent nation of 75 years, and the UK gets its first Indian-origin Prime Minister.