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‘A Diwali gift’: Indians celebrate Rishi Sunak’s rise to UK PM

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak, 42, is a practising Hindu and is known to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights [File: John Sibley/Reuters]

Many Indians are delighted at the prospect of Rishi Sunak becoming the first person of Indian origin to become British prime minister, just as Hindus across the world celebrate Diwali.

Sunak is set to take the top job after his rivals Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race to replace Liz Truss as leader of the Conservative Party.

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