I am a proud Hindu: UK PM Rishi Sunak on his Indian roots
Rishi Sunak expressed his hope that he will find time to visit a temple, in India, during his stay for the G20 Summit.
Sunak said that he has 'enormous respect' for PM Modi and said that he is keen to support him in making G20 an enormous success.
He also spoke about celebrating 'Raksha Bandhan'.
Speaking exclusively to ANI, Rishi Sunak said, «I am a proud Hindu. That's how I was raised, that's how I am.
Hopefully, I can visit the Mandir while I am here for the next couple of days. We just had Rakshabandhan, so from my sister and my cousin, I have all my Rakhis.»
«I didn't have time to celebrate Janmashtami.
But hopefully, as I said I can make up for that if we visit a Mandir this time,» he added.
He further said that faith is something very important as it gives strength and resilience during stress.
«It is something that is important to me. I think faith is something that helps everybody who has faith in their lives, particularly when you have these stressful jobs like I do.
Having faith gives you resilience, gives you strength that is important and it provides an outlook on life which I find particularly valuable,» Sunak added.
On being asked about his equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sunak said, «Yes, and I have enormous respect for Modiji and he's been personally very warm and kind to me and we're working very hard as I said on our shared ambition of concluding an ambitious and comprehensive trade deal between India and the UK, because both of us think that would be a good thing and both of us need to make sure it works for our two countries.»
«And at forums like this. I'm very keen to support Prime Minister Modi and making sure that this G20 is an enormous success for India which I know it will be and
