‘Today, she is PM of UK’: Aaditya Thackeray congratulates Liz Truss, recalls his ‘Mumbai visits lucky for her’ remarks
Former Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday congratulated Liz Truss on her appointment as British Prime Minister and recalled how visits to Mumbai had been lucky for the UK politician.
Thackeray, while congratulating Truss, recalled an interaction he had with her when she visited Mumbai in March. When the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was in power, Aaditya Thackeray served as the Minister for Environment and Tourism.
In a tweet, Thackeray said: “PM elect @trussliz first visited us as (International) Trade secretary and on return, was elevated to Foreign secretary. Owing to which on her second visit, it was in a lighter vein that I mentioned, how Mumbai being lucky for her, the next elevation would be no surprise! Today, she is PM of UK.”
Thackeray expressed his hope that the India-United Kingdom ties would strengthen under Truss’s leadership.
“Congratulations to @trussliz as she gets elected in the @conservatives race to be Prime Minister of the UK. I hope she takes India-UK relationship ahead, forging stronger ties, broadening the cooperation between the two countries in coming times,” he said.
Queen Elizabeth II appointed Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Tuesday after she won the Conservative Party leadership election over former minister Rishi Sunak.
