I will do everything I can...: New UK PM Rishi Sunak promises Britain a hopeful future

Newly elected UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday night attended a Diwali reception at 10 Downing Street and pledged to provide Britain with a hopeful futureSharing his picture of celebrating the festival of lights at his residence he extended his wishes to everyone and said he will do all that it takes to build a Britain where the future generation can light their Diyas and look into the future with hopeIn a tweet Rishi Sunak wrote Brilliant to drop into tonights Diwali reception in No10 I will do everything I can in this job to build a Britain where our children and our grandchildren can light their Diyas and look to the future with hope Happy Diwali everyoneAfter winning a Tory leadership contest Rishi Sunak became the third UK PM in seven weeks after Truss stepped down due to political turmoil in the countryFollowing Sunaks rise to power the event prompted a sense of pride among Indians Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also offered him special Diwali wishes as the living bridge of UK IndiansSunak whose parents came to the UK from East Africa in the 1960s is of Indian descent His father was a local doctor while his mother ran a pharmacy in southern England something Sunak says gave him his desire to serve the publicAlso Read UK PM Rishi Sunak to hold first cabinet meeting with his new teamSunaks election marked the pinnacle of what has been a speedy rise to power He was first elected as an MP in 2015 and spent two years on the back benches before becoming a junior minister in Theresa Mays government Johnson gave Sunak his first major government role appointing him as chief secretary to the Treasury in 2019 and promoting him to the chancellor in 2020Rishi Sunak was the first person who predicted financial problems under Truss and also clashed with the former PM during the previous leadership race claiming her plan to borrow money during an inflation crisis was a fairytale that would plunge the economy into chaosSunak officially became UK Prime Minister after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham PalaceIn his first speech outside No 10 he said the UK was facing a profound economic crisis and vowed to earn the trust of Britons amid economic and political crisesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever