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Indian-born Rishi Sunak has moved closer to the chair of the Prime Minister of Britain. He won the post of Prime Minister and Conservative Party Parliamentary Party leader with 101 votes in the second round of voting. Indian-origin Attorney General Suella Braverman opted out of the race with the least number of 27 votes.
In the second round, former finance minister Sunak got 101 votes, while Penny Mordant came second with 83 votes. Foreign Minister Liz Truss took third place with 64 votes. Former minister Kemi Badenoch got 49 votes, backbencher Tom Tugendhat got 32 votes. The next voting will take place on July 21.
Sunak’s answer, priority to cut taxes
Rishi Sunak, the former UK finance minister and winner of the second round of voting in the Conservative Party leadership election, has hit back at rivals over his tax plans. Taking a jibe at the critics, he said, “I want to win elections to cut taxes.
Sunak said, I think our first economic priority is to tackle inflation and it cannot be made worse. Inflation is the enemy and makes everyone poor. Sunak described the issue of reduction in taxes as a deciding issue among all the claimants.
win elections to cut taxes
Responding to his critics, Rishi Sunak said, I can cut tax in this Parliament but I am going to take it as a responsibility. I don’t cut taxes to win elections, I win elections to cut taxes. “I want to cut taxes and will continue to do so, but we will do it the right way,” he said.
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