Indian-origin Rishi Sunak leads UK PM race; Tory leadership vote Round 2 today

India-origin British MP, Rishi Sunak, one of the frontrunners in the race to the UK prime minister’s office, has won round 1 of Tory leadership vote. He emerged the favourite with the most number of votes (88) in the first round. Two candidates have been eliminated after Round 1 votes to choose the successor of Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party and the UK Prime Minister. Newly appointed Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former Cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt are out of the race after not being able to attract the requisite votes of at least 30 MPs. The Conservative MPs will whittle down the field to two final candidates through successive rounds of voting, before the wider Tory party membership elect their winner. Watch this video for more details.