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00:00Well, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom is quite popular here in India.
00:08Quite apart from the fact that he is of Indian origin, the fact that he wears his Hindu identity
00:13on his sleeve, that he says repeatedly that he is a proud Hindu is something that has
00:18endeared him to a lot of people.
00:20However, if you think that makes him a socially progressive conservative politician from the
00:24UK, he's actually extremely conservative.
00:28In fact, he's been described as perhaps the most socially conservative prime minister
00:32that Britain has ever seen.
00:34And so whether that's on illegal migration or climate change or gender politics, Rishi
00:38Sunak has taken a very right-wing, hardline view.
00:42Now, even with India, his office put out a statement before the G20 summit to emphasize
00:48that on the free trade agreement with India, they were not willing to give concessions
00:52to India on more student visas, on a more flexible immigration policy, even if that
00:58meant that the deal would take some time to get through.
01:00In fact, it's already been hanging fire for more than a couple of years now.
01:04And analysts believe that as the UK general elections get closer and closer, they are
01:08due sometime next year, we're going to see Rishi Sunak take more and more of a right
01:14turn.
01:15He's in fact been rather on the offensive with the opposition Labour Party as well,
01:20comparing them to criminal gangs in a recent public statement that he made.
01:25And many believe that this is not something that is because it's politically expedient
01:30for him, but because he is ideologically very much a conservative leader.
01:35And it'll be interesting to see whether that actually works for the Tories who are on the
01:39back foot currently in all UK polls, which show Labour with a double-digit lead.
01:44Could this actually be the game changer that the Tories are looking for?
01:47We'll have to wait and see.
01:50Thanks for watching.
01:51See you next time.
01:52Bye.