Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Starmer and said he was looking forward to a ‘positive and constructive collaboration’ with him.
Britain’s head of state King Charles on Friday officially appointed Labour Party leader Keir Starmer as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.
This came after the Labour Party led by Starmer secured a landslide victory in the UK’s general election, winning 412 seats in the House of Commons. The Lower House has a total of 650 members and 326 seats are required for a majority.
Outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, often referred to as the Tory, won only 121 seats – down from 365 in the 2019 general election.
The Labour Party’s win ended a 14-year rule of the Tories.
In his first official address after taking charge of the office, Starmer said the Labour Party would use its victory to rebuild Britain “brick by brick”, reported The Guardian.
He said successive governments had “turned a blind eye” to people’s problems, because of which, the citizens had lost trust.
“My government will fight, every day, until you believe again,” said Starmer outside 10 Downing Street in London, the official residence of the prime minister of UK.
