UK General Election 2024: Voting has started in the UK. Indians and Indian candidates are playing an important role in this UK election. Keir Starmer of the Labour Party has a majority in the opinion polls of British politics. He seems to be emerging as the winner by defeating the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has been ruling for 14 years.
Sunak, Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister, appealed to every voter in the last hours of the election to avoid giving a majority to Labour, which can put a higher tax burden on you. Starmer has accused the Conservative Party of inciting voters. He claims that they are preventing people from voting.
If you want change, you vote for it, the Labor leader said. Voters in England, Scotland, Wales and the Northern Islands will decide the 650th Lok Sabha election today. Voting centers will be open from 7 am to 10 pm UK time. A total of 4.6 crore people will vote at 40000 polling stations. Starmer's claim is strong. With the promise of hope and opportunities of a new era, Keir Starmer has emerged as a strong contender. Who is ready to form the government. Sunak challenged the Labor Party's claim of super majority and warned the voters that we all should unite. We have to stop the Labor Party's super majority. Otherwise it will impose heavy taxes on you.
In the 2019 election, Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won 365 seats, the Labour Party won 202 seats, the SNP won 48 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 11 seats.