UK PM Rishi Sunak: I feel proud of my mother-in-law!

42-year-old Sunak was asked a question in the ITV debate regarding the dispute related to his wife's tax. Apart from this, he was also questioned about his efforts to get a green card to take US citizenship. The race for the post of prime minister of britain is getting tougher. However, in this race, Indian-origin candidate Rishi Sunak still has a substantial lead over the rest of the Conservative MPs. On Sunday, he took part in a tv debate along with the rest of the contenders. Here he gave a statement on the controversy over the payment of taxes to his wife Akshata Murthy as well as on father-in-law Narayana Murthy.

About which controversies Sunak was asked questions?

42-year-old Sunak was asked a question in the ITV debate regarding the dispute related to his wife's tax. Apart from this, he was also questioned about his efforts to get a green card to take US citizenship. However, the green card controversy has not received much emphasis from the opposition, as Sunak withdrew his application after becoming the finance minister.

What did Rishi Sunak say on the allegations?

Regarding these allegations, Rishi Sunak said that I have been a general tax provider of Britain. But my wife is from another country, so her tax issue is looked at differently. But she has already said that the dispute regarding her tax has been resolved. Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy is the daughter of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy. Apart from this, she has also been handling many important responsibilities in the company. In such a situation, one of their sources of income is income from India. Controversy arose in britain last year regarding the tax to be paid on this income.

Sunak defended his wife's family saying, "There are a lot of comments about my wife's family property. So let me give a straight answer, because now it is necessary. Whatever my mother-in-law has created I feel proud of her." He said, "My father-in-law had nothing. Just a dream and a few pounds saved by my mother-in-law. He built one of the biggest, most respected and most successful companies in the world. This company is what it is today." In britain also giving jobs to thousands of people.

Sunak said that it is a tremendous story and I feel proud of it. As a prime minister, I will ensure that people here too can make similar stories come true in their homes. Significantly, Rishi Sunak was declared the winner of this debate. The funny thing is that in the poll conducted by the people who watched the debate, Sunak remained on top.