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The election of Indian-origin Rishi Sunak as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister is pretty astounding and a ground-breaking milestone, United States President Joe Biden has said.
PTI reported that Biden made these remarks at the White House Diwali celebration on Monday, the President said the festival of lights is a reminder that each of us had the power to dispel darkness and bring light to the world.
‘It’s a choice. And we make that choice every day. It’s true in our lives and in the life of this nation, especially in the life of a democracy, whether here in America or for the families back in India marking 75 years of independence,’ he said.
‘And whether it’s the United Kingdom, where just today we’ve got the news that Rishi Sunak is now the prime minister,’ Biden said amidst a big cheer from the select guests of more than 200 people consisting of the who’s who of Indian Americans and members of his administration.
‘As my brother would say, Go figure! And the Conservative Party! (Sunak) is expected to become the prime minister, I think, tomorrow when he goes to see the king. Pretty astounding. A ground-breaking milestone. And it matters. It matters,’ Biden said acknowledging the immigrant Indian community’s achievements.
