Will build a Britain where our kids can light Diyas: Rishi Sunak

TIL Desk/World/London/ Extending Diwali greetings to everyone, Britain’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed that he will do everything to build a Britain where children and grandchildren can light their diyas and look to the future with hope. Sunak, 42, attended a Diwali reception at 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday night, a day after making history by becoming Britain’s first prime minister of Indian origin.

‘Brilliant to drop into tonight’s Diwali reception in No10. I will do everything I can in this job to build a Britain where our children and our grandchildren can light their Diyas and look to the future with hope,’ he said in a tweet with a picture of himself attending the Diwali reception at his official residence.

Sunak, Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister, took office on Tuesday with a pledge to fix the ‘mistakes’ his predecessor Liz Truss made which left a blackhole in government finances and the markets in turmoil. He became the new UK prime minister after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.