After the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday (July 8, 2022) announced his candidacy for the post of Prime Minister. Recently, a picture of Rishi Sunak’s wife is going viral on social media. In this picture, Rishi’s wife Akshata Murthy is seen carrying tea and snacks in trays for journalists outside their residence.
In the video going viral, Akshata Murthy is seen serving tea and biscuits to the journalists waiting outside her house, but she is not going viral about the tea being served, but the crockery in which the tea was served. , going viral about it.
38 pounds for a cup: Actually, Sunak’s wife Akshata, who was the Finance Minister in the Boris Johnson government, was seen outside with a tray full of tea and snacks in her hand. In such a situation, some people noticed the cup of tea that Akshata had brought. These mugs were designer Emma Lacy mugs of Akshata, daughter of India’s veteran businessman Narayan Murthy. The cost of this one cup is being said to be 38 pounds i.e. about 3600 rupees.
The case of Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata carrying tea in trays for journalists and photographers is being linked to the incident of Boris Johnson. In the year 2018, Boris Johnson had similarly reached outside his residence with a tray of tea for the photographers.
Significantly, tax hikes and rising cost of living were one of the major factors of public discontent against the Boris Johnson-led government. Rishi Sunak, the then chancellor of Britain, had come under criticism for the increase in tax.
Rishi Sunak is a former finance minister of the UK. After his resignation, 40 ministers resigned one by one, due to which Boris Johnson had to resign as Prime Minister. Experts say that the resignation of Rishi Sunak and other ministers was to put pressure on Johnson. After the resignation of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak is considered to be at the forefront of the race for the post of PM.