New Delhi: Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday took to social media to laud Rishi Sunak for becoming the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Taking to Instagram, Amitabh posted a picture of himself and captioned, “Jai Bharat .. now the UK finally has a new viceroy as its Prime Minister from the Mother Country.”
Rishi Sunak was elected unopposed as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party on Monday. He is set to make history as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister.
Sunak will be the 5th UK Prime Minister in six years. His appointment as prime minister took place after Liz Truss announced her resignation as Britain’s 56th prime minister on October 20.