Theresa team: Highest number Indian-orgin ministers;British history
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 07:23 PM
London, Jan 11: Prime Minister Theresa May's team reshuffle led to the appointment of the highest number of Indian-origin minister in British history. Total four Indian-origin ministers are in May's team now.
The 1.5 million-strong Indian diaspora is now represented by a minister of state (Alok Sharma) and three junior ministers (Rishi Sunak, Shailesh Vara, and Suella Fernandes). Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, and Fernandes are first-time ministers.
The only Indian-origin minister to hold a cabinet position so far was Priti Patel, whose tenure as the secretary of international development lasted less than six months – July to November 2017, when she was dropped for her ministerial overreach during a holiday in Israel.