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22 - 28 FEBRUARY 2020 - VOL 48 ISSUE 41
UK'S MOST INDIAN CABINET
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Priyanka Mehta On Thursday, 13th February, Downing Street became the floor of high drama as Boris Johnsons’ mini cabinet reshuffle saw the resignation of former chancellor Sajid Javid, sacking of eminent ministers and appointment or elevation of three Indian-origin MPs in the cabinet. “It’s been a huge honour to serve as chancellor of the exchequer. Whilst I was very pleased that the prime minister wanted to reappoint me, I was unable to accept the conditions that he had attached, so I felt that I was left with no option other than to resign. One of the conditions was that I replace all my political advisers. “These are people who have worked
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incredibly hard on behalf of, not just the government, but the whole country, [and] done a fantastic job. I was unable to accept those conditions. I don’t believe any self-respecting minister would accept such conditions. And so, therefore, I felt the best thing to do was to go,” he said in a statement to the BBC. Tensions between the ex-chancellor and Johnson's press secretary Dominic Cummings had been going on for quite some time now. They had further elevated last year when Cummings had sacked Sonia Khan, the chancellor's secretary without his advice and consent. Therefore, for some political pundits, his resignation came as no great surprise. And neither were they surprised
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by the appointment of the former Treasury Chief Secretary, as Javid’s replacement. Rishi Sunak, the son in law of Indian tech giant Infosys cofounder Narayana Murthy, was confirmed as the UK’s new Chancellor of Ex-chequer by Downing Street in a tweet. Educated at Winchester College before reading PPE at Oxford, wide justification around his expected promotion circles around two key aspects – he backed Brexit and he backed Boris Johnson during last year’s leadership contest. He even stood in for Johnson in some televised debates during last year’s election campaign.
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