Foreign media: Indian candidates leading the leader of the British Conservative Party Leader Election

Former British Minister of Finance Rich Sonak (Data Map)

Overseas Network, July 15th. According to the National Broadcasting Corporation, on July 14, local time, five candidates won the second round of voting in the second round of the British Conservative Party leader election and were shortlisted for the third round of voting. Among them, the most supported by the Indian Minister Rich Sunak.

Sunak is 42 years old, and his parents are all Indian immigrants. He graduated from Oxford University and worked at Goldman Sachs, an internationally renowned investment bank. He was elected as a member of the British Parliament at the age of 35. He was promoted to the British Finance Minister in less than 5 years. However, Sunak participated in the "party door" with former Prime Minister Johnson in June this year. During the epidemic, he was fined by the police and caused public criticism.

The National Broadcasting Corporation said that 97%of the British Conservative Party is a white man and tend to choose old and rich white men as the party. The candidate for the third round of voting this time presents the characteristics of diversified race and gender identity. In addition to India's Sunak, other candidates also have two white women -Foreign Minister Tellas, former Minister of Defense Penny Modot, a white man -Tom Tu Tu, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament, Gentat, and former African -American officer Kimi Badhodor. (Overseas Network Liu Qiang)

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