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Rishi Sunak Arrives In India For G20, Speaks About Khalistan Issue, Modiji & His Hindu Roots

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Anuj Khare
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Rishi Sunak, prime minister of the United Kingdom, stated on Friday that India is the right nation to host the G20 summit at the right time.

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After arriving in New Delhi for the G20 Summit, which begins on Saturday, Sunak told the news agency ANI, "Feel we will have a very good couple of days of deliberations and decisions made."

‘No form of extremism acceptable in UK’ - Rishi Sunak

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Additionally, Sunak discussed British incidents involving pro-Khalistanelements. This is a very important question, and I want to be clear: Extremism and violence of that kind are not tolerated in the UK. As a result, we are collaborating closely with the Indian government to combat "PKE," or Pro-Khalistan Extremism. He stated, "I don't think it's right."

India has expressed concerns over increasing activities by pro-Khalistani extremists in the United Kingdom, especially the attack on the Indian high commission in London in March this year.

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Rishi Sunak Said He Has Enormous Respect For Modiji

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Rishi Sunak, the premier of the UK, gave Prime Minister Narendra Modia standing ovation, stating that the latter has been very kind to him personally.

“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, as we both believe that would be beneficial. In addition, he stated, "At forums like this, I'm very eager to support Prime Minister Modi in ensuring that this G20 is a huge success for India, which I know it will be."

I'm a Proud Hindu - Sunak

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Sunak, the first Hinduprime minister in Britain, also spoke about Hinduism. I was brought up Hindu, and I'm proud of it. I'm that way. I hope to be able to go to a Mandir while I'm here over the next few days. Since we just celebrated Raksha Bandhan, I have all of my rakhis from my sister and cousins, and I didn't have time to properly celebrate Janmashtami the other day,” he stated.

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Having faith to give you resilience, to give you strength, is important”, he added.

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