UK leader Rishi Sunak's hopes of turning around his beleaguered Conservative party's fortunes before a likely general election next year hinge on a British economic recovery, observers say.
The UK-born son of Indian-origin general practitioner father Yashvir and pharmacist mother Usha had spoken extensively of his migrant roots during the last campaign and also referenced making history by lighting Diwali diyas at 11 Downing Street as the first Indian-origin Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rishi Sunak Set To Become New UK PM: Britain s First Indian-Origin Prime Minister Wants to Change UK-India Relationship to Make It More Two-Way Exchange.
"The Sunaks are a Punjabi Khatri family from Gujranwala, now in Pakistan,” tweeted one Queen Lioness 86, adding: "Ramdas Sunak, Rishi s paternal grandfather, left Gujranwala to work as a clerk in Nairobi in 1935." India, Pakistan on Cusp of History to Share Pride As Rishi Sunak Set to Be First Non-White British PM.