New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to Keir Starmer over the phone and congratulated him on taking over as the Prime Minister of Britain and the victory of the Labor Party. The two leaders discussed further deepening the historic India-UK relations and strategic partnership. PM Modi and his British counterpart agreed to work towards the early completion of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Prime Minister Modi also invited him to visit India soon.
Appreciating the positive contribution of the Indian community to the social, economic and political development of Britain, the two leaders agreed to promote people-to-people relations. Both sides agreed to stay in touch in the future. With victory in the recent general election, the Labor Party has returned to power after 14 years. It won a majority by winning 412 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons. The Conservative Party led by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was reduced to 118 seats. At the same time, the Liberal Democrats Party won 71 seats. Sunak won his seat in Northern England with 23,059 votes. In the 2019 general election, the Conservative Party led by Boris Johnson won 365 seats. At the same time, the Labor Party got 202 seats. In the new Labor Party government, Angela Wren has been made Deputy Prime Minister, Rachel Reeves Finance Minister, David Lammy Foreign Minister, Yvette Kapoor Home Minister, John Healy Defense Minister, Bridget Phillipson Education Minister, Ed Miliband Energy Minister, Jonathan Reynolds Trade and Commerce Minister, Louis Haigh Transport Minister and Shabana Mahmood Justice Minister.
