A trending video has captured the moment the new Conservative Party leader and new Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak was seen performing religious rituals on Tuesday morning before entering his new office at 10 Downing Street.
Sunak, who emerged prime minister on Monday after his competitors withdrew from the contest, was seen bringing some substance out of his trouser pocket. He then lit what looked like oil lamps placed at geometrical distances outside his office.
The video:
Sunak was there after, led into his apartment by members of his yet-be-identified religious sect where he went through every corner of the house before meeting someone like a high priest seated in from of some images.
The new Prime Minister who is of Indian lineage stood before the high priest with his wife and an elderly women presumed to be his mother.
He read through an old religious book with the wife with other Indians of the same sect standing around them.
He became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power.
Sunak is the youngest United Kingdom PM at the age of 42 and the first of Indian and Asian origin who became the leader of the Conservatives after securing more than 100 nominations as the minimum requirement.
He succeeded Liz Truss who defeated him in the summer leadership race and his first speech said the country is faced with “profound economic challenges.”
Sunak also pledged, in his first address to the nation via a televised statement in front of 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, that: “I will unite our country not with words, but with action.”
Further, he continued his speech and said, “I have been elected as leader of my party and your Prime Minister in part to fix them. This will mean difficult decisions to come.”
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