: Rishi Sunak early frontrunner in race for new UK PM #IndiaNEWS #International London: Rishi Sunak, the British Indian former minister who has now formally launched his campaign to be elected the new

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Rishi Sunak early frontrunner in race for new UK PM #IndiaNEWS #International
London: Rishi Sunak, the British Indian former minister who has now formally launched his campaign to be elected the new Conservative Party leader and UK Prime Minister, emerged as an early frontrunner in the leadership race Saturday.
The 42-year-old son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has received the public backing of several senior Tory members of Parliament, including Commons leader Mark Spencer, former party chairman Oliver Dowden and former Cabinet minister Liam Fox.
The overriding view is that pro-Brexit Sunak is the candidate that can unite the divided governing party and is best placed to take on the huge economic challenges facing the UK as a former Chancellor.
His position became even stronger as one of the Cabinet ministers seen as a potential frontrunner, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, formally ruled himself out of the race.
I ran the toughest department in government during the toughest times when we faced the nightmare of COVID, said Sunak, in his #Ready4Rishi social media campaign launch video.
“Our country faces huge challenges, the most serious for a generation. Someone has to grip this moment and make the right decisions,� reads his message on the Ready4Rishi campaign website.
There has been some criticism from outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnsons loyalists, accusing the former Downing Street neighbour of plotting against his former boss because the sheer slickness of the video indicates his campaign was in the works for some time.
However, Sunaks camp has been asserting that the video with very personal references to his humble Indian-origin family heritage, going back to his maternal grandmother Srakshas migration to Britain from east Africa, was put together in the hours after Johnsons resignation became imminent.
According to Oddschecker UK, Sunak is in a clear lead with the bookies followed by other prospective candidates yet to declare such as UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace before he announced his intention not to run.
Nigerian-origin former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch, 42, became the latest candidate to declare her candidacy. Tory backbencher Steve Baker has withdrawn his bid to throw his support behind Goan-origin Suella Braverman, the Attorney General who was among the first to declare her intention to compete for the top job. With senior Conservative backbencher Tom Tugendhat, that takes the tally of contenders to four with many others expected to line up in the coming days.
It will be a long-drawn process before the successor best placed to take over at 10 Downing Street from caretaker Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes clear, with the timeframe expected to become clearer by next week.

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