'Empire Strikes Back, return Kohinoor now': Internet reacts as Rishi Sunak wins UK PM race

race for position of United Kingdom’s Prime Minister is over, with Rishi Sunak emerging winner. Conservative leership contender Penny Mordaunt dropped out, clearing ro for Sunak to become UK's first Indian-origin PM. This has created a tremendous buzz online.

Netizens react to Rishi Sunak winning UK PM race

As news of Rishi Sunak being set to become next UK Prime Minister spre, many online have alrey started making demands for ‘Kohior’ diamond to be returned to India.

One Twitterati wrote, “ Empire Strikes Back! Rishi Sunak to be next UK Prime Minister. Ps: Kohior bhijwa de wapis (Send Kohior back to India).”

Ar user tweeted a photograph of Sunak (actually a morphed Ashish Nehra) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi writing, “PM Modi and PM Rishi Sunak discussing how to get Kohior back to India.”

Meanwhile, some users demanded return of various items of cultural significance to India from UK after y were taken during Crown’s colonial rule over country.

One user tweeted, “Rishi Sunak to become UK PM. Congratulations to him. After bailing out UK from ecomic crisis, hoping he make sure India's Kohior, Amravati stupa, Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi gets back to India.” user suggested, “This way he will become greatest PM of UK (for Indians).”

Sunak receives congratulations

Meanwhile, congratulatory messs for Sunak poured in from various UK MPs. Ex-UK PM David Cameron congratulated Sunak through a tweet. "I predicted a dece ago that Conservatives would select our first Brit Indian PM & proud today that comes to be. I wish Rishi v best, he has my wholehearted support," Cameron tweeted.

Scotland’s first minister also congratulated Rishi Sunak via her Twitter handle. “I wish him well and, twithstanding our political differences, will do my best to build a constructive working relationship with him in interests of those we serve,” she wrote in a tweet.

Penny Mordaunt h revealed her decision to drop out from race through a tweet, "Our Party is our membership. Wher we are elected representatives, activists, fundraisers or supporters. We all have a stake in who our leer is. se are unprecedented times. Despite compressed timetable for leership contest, it is clear that colleagues feel we need certainty today. y have taken this decision in good faith for good of country. Members should kw that this proposition has been fairly and thoroughly tested by agreed 1922 process."