Meet Rishi Sunak: Indian-origin leader seeking to be the next UK PM
Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that he was running to become the next British Prime Minister. The announcement was made a day after Boris Johnson stepped down from the post of UK's Prime Minister. Boris Johnson resigned as British Prime Minister on Thursday, following the resignation of over 50 members of his administration in the previous two days in protest of the nomination of prominent Conservative MP Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip. Pincher resigned last week after acknowledging drunken behavior. The resignations of 42-year-old British Indian ministerRishi Sunak and health secretarySajid Javid on Tuesday night triggered a chain reaction of resignations from Johnson's cabinet, finally culminating to his resignation as prime minister. Sunak was forthright in his resignation letter, which he shared on Twitter minutes after Johnson went on TV to explain his error in deliberately appointing now-suspended MP Chris Pincher, who had a q...