‘Big men don’t have ego’: Rishi Sunak hailed for kneeling down to talk to Sheikh Hasina

Desi netizens had only good things to say about UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who visited India to attend the G20 Summit 2023 in Delhi with his wife and First Lady Akshata Murty. From Akshata fixing Rishi’s tie and the couple walking hand-in-hand for dinner to their Raj Kapoor-Nargis-esque scene of them holding a bright red umbrella in Delhi rains, Rishi Sunak’s kalawa and the couple’s Akshardham temple visit, the UK PM has done everything right in India. No wonder they are the darlings of the Indian internet. 

There is another picture that has now gone viral after the UK PM and the First Lady departed from Delhi. The image shows Rishi Sunak kneeling down to talk to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, around 30 years his senior, as she was seated on a chair. 

They both seemed to be having a pleasant exchange, as evinced from their smiles. The image was from the Rajghat visit, when world leaders gathered to pay their respects to Mahatma Gandhi. 

Social media users hailed Sunak and said that “big men do not have ego”. They called him “humble” and a “gentleman” and a “real leader”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also welcomed PM Rishi Sunak with great warmth, as they were spotted having a hearty laugh and chatting on multiple occasions. 

Sunak had also in an interaction with news agency ANI called himself a “proud Hindu” that seemed to have impressed desi netizens. “I am a proud Hindu. That’s how I was raised, that’s how I am. Hopefully, I can visit the Mandir while I am here for the next couple of days. We just had Rakshabandhan, so from my sister and my cousin, I have all my Rakhis. I didn’t have time to celebrate Janmashtami. But hopefully, as I said, I can make up for that if we visit a mandir this time,” he had said on Friday after landing in Delhi.

Th UK PM had said that faith is important to him and it is something that helps everyone when they have stressful jobs like him. “Having faith gives you resilience, gives you strength that is important and it provides an outlook on life which I find particularly valuable,” Sunak had said.

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