Jharkhand
Jharkhand's Prajwal Pandey in UK PM Rishi Sunak's Core Team
- 27 Oct 2022
- 1 min read
Why in News?
- Rishi Sunak took charge as the first British Prime Minister of Indian origin on October 25, 2022. Rishi Sunak has announced his core team, which also includes Prajwal Pandey, a resident of Sindri (Dhanbad) in Jharkhand.
Key Points
- Prajwal Pandey is the grandson of Bagish Dutt Pandey, a retired PDIL employee from Sindri. Prajwal's parents Rajesh Pandey (software engineer) and Manisha Pandey lived in Sindri.
- When Prajwal was invited by his party to join the main campaign team when Rishi Sunak stood for the prime minister's post in August 2022, Prajwal worked with several senior policy advisors in Rishi Sunak's team.
- Prajwal Pandey joined the Uk's Conservative Party as a member in 2019 at the age of just 16.
- Earlier, he was elected an elected member of the UK Youth Parliament in 2019 and gave his first speech in the British Parliament as a Member of The Youth Parliament.
