"Rishi Sunak as prime minister isn't a win for Asian representation," Whittome wrote in the tweet, which now stands deleted.
After outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss formally tendered her resignation, Sunak arrived at the Buckingham Palace for his meeting with King Charles III, who then invited him to form a government as the UK's 57th Prime Minister.
The humbleness of Rishi Sunak and remaining associated with the age-old tradition of the Hindu religion has certainly won the hearts of the netizens. Both videos are being shared massively by Twitterati.
Facing Sunak in the second stage - a ballot of the full membership of the Conservative party - will be Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who obtained 113 votes.
The British Indian former finance minister received 115 votes in the third round of voting.
The son of a medical practitioner is, however, still one of the favourites in the contest, with probably Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, the current favourite.
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