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UK PM Sunak: Tharoor stirs Twitter storm after 'visible minority' remark

With many in India expressing their happiness, including Sunak's father-in-law and founder of Infosys Narayana Murthy, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has stirred up a storm on Twitter

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BS Web Team New Delhi
The United Kingdom (UK) is set to get its first Indian-origin prime minister in the form of Rishi Sunak after the resignation of Liz Truss amid heightened economic stress. With many in India expressing their happiness, including Sunak's father-in-law and founder of Infosys Narayana Murthy, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has stirred up a storm on Twitter. 

"If this does happen, I think all of us will have to acknowledge that the Brits have done something very rare in the world, to place a member of a visible minority in the most powerful office. As we Indians celebrate the ascent of