United kingdom. The handshake between Charles III and Rishi Sunak at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 2022 formally heralded the inauguration of the new Prime Minister: the first appointment at 10 Downing Street, made by Isabel II’s successor, acquires a historical and contradictory dimension.
Historic, as it is the first time that a politician of Indian origin has headed a British government. Rishi Sunak’s parents, who were born in India and emigrated to East Africa, came to the UK in the 1960s.
The Indian press rightly stated: “A little more than seventy years after a British king signed a law liberating the ancestral land of Rishi Sunak, a politician of Indian origin will write his speeches from the throne.” Hindustan Timesnot without sarcasm.
“Having an Indian inside 10 Downing Street is amazing and brings great joy, especially since it happened on the same day Diwalisaid Satish Verma, a supermarket owner in Delhi. Diwali It is the Hindu festival that celebrates Krishna’s victory over darkness and fear…
But the appointment of Carlos III – one of his royal titles “Defender of the Faith” – to the new tenant No. 10 Downing Street is somewhat paradoxical, because Rishi Sunak has never made any secret of his fervent Hinduism: Soon after his appointment as deputy, he insisted on swearing an oath on Bhagavad Gitaone of the most sacred religious texts in India, its title in Sanskrit means “Song of the Lord”.
The Indian Prime Minister himself, Narendra Modi, celebrated the event in a tweet: “I congratulate Rishi Sunak. His appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is an opportunity to work together to strengthen our strategic partnership. (…) Best wishes on the occasion of Diwaliwhich personifies the living bridge between the UK and the Indians.”
Narendra Modi’s reaction did not leave the new head of the British government indifferent: “Thank you, Prime Minister, for your precise words on the occasion of my inauguration. India and the United Kingdom have so much to share. I look forward to seeing how our two great democracies will deepen and improve security, defense and economic partnership in months and years.” coming.
Incidentally, giving a British prime minister a democratic testament to a regime that has succeeded in eliminating Christians, and more broadly anything non-Hindu, from its official political platform is ironic.
This discrepancy caused Colin Pruitt, a columnist at American conservative and member of Arsenal media groupA “right-wing” internet station responded in a sarcastic tweet: “A Hindu Prime Minister is now tasked with advising King Charles III on the appointment of future Church of England leaders. Britain is dead.” In a second tweet: “Labour Opposition Leader Keir Starmer atheist: Charles III must sack Parliament.”
Beyond the controversy, the new British Prime Minister, a Britain’s exit from the European Union From the start, which many believe was chosen by default, he takes charge of a country going through a serious economic and social crisis. Inflation has exceeded 10%, the highest among the G7 countries.
Of course, devoting devotion to Ganesh, the famous elephant-headed deity who was loved by Rishi Sunak, is enough to confuse the high prices…
Note: The main concert of Diwali It consists of the worship of Goddess Lakshmi and the elephant-headed god Ganesh, along with a few others. A bell rings to bring down the gods before lighting the lamp deyaa In front of all of them to exorcise evil spirits …
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