Akshata Murty gets proactive on UK PM Rishi Sunak's campaign trail
London: Akshata Murty, Britain's Indian First Lady, has begun getting proactive as her husband hit the campaign trail in a tough race ahead for the governing Conservatives, starting with a supportive message to say she's with him «every step of the way» hours after a rain-soaked Rishi Sunak announced July 4 as the general election date on the steps of 10 Downing Street. The 44-year-old businesswoman has used her Instagram handle to post campaign messages in favour of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is hoping to prove all the pre-election surveys forecasting a drubbing for the Tories wrong.
The couple, who met while studying at Stanford University in the US and are among the richest incumbents of Downing Street in history in large part down to Murty's Infosys shares worth millions of pounds, are expected to work as a team through the course of the just over five-week-long campaign.
«People always ask us — 'What is the thing you have most in common?' It's not just our shared love of watching 'Friends' reruns and eating Spanish food. It's the values that we share,» reads a joint statement signed «Akshata and Rishi» on social media.
«We share the belief that hard work should decide where you go in life. We share the belief that it takes bold action to make a difference. We share the belief that our children will inherit a better world than the one we share today,» it reads.
It was posted on Instagram over the weekend soon after a campaign stop at Harrow in
