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How will Rishi Sunak’s Hinduism inform his premiership?

How will his Hinduism inform the new Prime Minister?

29 October 2022

9:00 AM

29 October 2022

9:00 AM

When Rishi Sunak was elected as an MP, he swore his oath of allegiance in the House of Commons on the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism’s most sacred texts. Many – if not most – people think that Hinduism is a religion of peace: an idea that’s taken root thanks to Mahatma Gandhi and his philosophy of nonviolence.

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