During the COVID epidemic, Sunak announced an economic package supporting employees and businessmen, due to which he became the center of discussion in the Conservative Party and throughout Britain.
British PM Rishi Sunak
Not much time has passed. It was the beginning of September this year. After the fall of Boris Johnson’s government in Britain, the leader of the Conservative Party in the Prime Minister’s race Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak There was a close fight going on between them. Liz Truss died on 5 September. He got 81,326 votes, while Rishi Sunak trailed by getting 60,399 votes. This race lasted for 55 days.
It had not even been a month that Liz Truss’s chair wobbled. The mini budget presented by Truss at the end of September had further increased Britain’s economic crisis. The purpose of Liz was to take the UK economy to a growth level of 2.5 percent. But this mini budget shook the troubled market further. The Bank of England went into overdrive mode to stabilize the economy. Truss had to face embarrassment.
Liz Truss resigned from the post of Prime Minister amid economic crisis and political upheaval in Britain. And in this way, Liz Truss, who sat on the PM’s chair after a race of 55 days, could not run the government even for 45 days. And once again the race for the post of PM started. Rishi Sunak, who had lost the previous game, this time emerged with full strength. Rishi proved to be a juggler who won after losing.
Biggest chair in 7 years career
The political career of Rishi Sunak of Indian origin has been very interesting. He started his political career in 2015 and became PM in 2022. That is, in his political career of just seven years, he achieved Britain’s highest position. Rishi Sunak contested for the first time in 2015 for the post of MP from Richmond, Yorkshire and also won. This is considered the safest seat. The seat has been held by the Conservative Party since 1906.
Made a place in the hearts of people with his bold decisions
Rishi Sunak was the finance minister in Boris Johnson’s government, but did not fail to oppose the wrong policies of the then PM Johnson. During his tenure as Finance Minister, he took many such steps, due to which he made a place in the hearts of the people. During the COVID epidemic, Sunak announced an economic package supporting employees and businessmen, which made him the center of discussion in the Conservative Party and across Britain.
The job retention program was included in this package. Sunak’s move reportedly helped curb mass unemployment in the UK. In 2020, he helped Rs 15,000 crore for the ongoing Eat Out to Help Out scheme for the hotel industry. At the same time, he released a package of Rs 10,000 crore to improve the condition of the tourism industry which collapsed due to Corona.
Understanding of stable dealings, governance and financial matters
Sunak’s stoic demeanor, his ability to reach out to his colleagues and his understanding of complex financial issues earned him the chair. Swapan Dasgupta says that the MPs who supported Sunak, their aim was to improve the already loss-making party. Sunak, who was a captain in Winchester College, knows the qualities of governance very well. The Conservative Party wanted to hand over the command to a clever person who had a solution to every issue. Sunak seemed to live up to this expectation.
However, the situation in Britain has not improved much and some of Sunak’s decisions have angered a section of employees. Due to this Britain is also facing problems like strike. But Sunak has made it clear that if there is a conflict with the interests of the common people due to the workers’ strike and agitation, then they will take strict steps. For Sunak, it is a “miles we have come, miles to go” situation.
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