Rishi Sunak Indian origin become First Hindu UK Prime minister

Rishi Sunak was today elected Conservative leader and will become the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of UK. Sunak won the race after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs. Rishi Sunak Indian origin become First Hindu UK Prime minister.

Rishi Sunak will succeed Liz Truss and become the youngest PM for more than 200 years. The new prime minister is expected to take office in the coming days now the result of the Tory leadership contest is known. Mr Sunak has addressed Tory MPs after the result was announced by Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Conservatives.

In the behind-closed-doors speech, Rishi Sunak Sunak told them this was going to be a tough period and there were no easy answers, said MP Simon Hoare. The King will appoint Mr Sunak, who will take over from Ms Truss following her resignation just 45 days into her tumultuous premiership last week.

Rishi Sunak coronation, in effect, as Tory leader caps a rapid political comeback by the former chancellor after he lost out to Ms Truss in the last leadership contest during the summer. Ms Truss – whose tax-cutting agenda Mr Sunak dismissed as “fairytale economics” – tweeted to congratulate him and offer her “full support”.

Ms Mordaunt withdrew from the latest contest minutes before the result was announced, admitting it was “clear that colleagues feel we need certainty today”. “This decision is an historic one and shows, once again, the diversity and talent of our party,” Ms Mordaunt wrote in a tweet. “Rishi has my full support.”

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Conservative Party Chairman Jake Berry said it was time for the party to “unite four-square behind Rishi” after a period of intense political turmoil under Ms Truss’s premiership. Opposition parties have been clamouring for a general election, arguing that Mr Sunak does not have a democratic mandate to become prime minister.