UK PM picks three new Indian-origin MPs from 2024 intake to join front bench
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed three Indian-origin MPs from the 2024 intake to front-bench government roles. The reshuffle includes new ministerial positions for Kanishka Narayan, Satvir Kaur, and Harpreet Uppal.
Why it matters
This move reflects the evolving diversity of the UK government and the strategic integration of new talent into the Labour Party's leadership structure.
TOI correspondent from London: Three Indian-origin young Labour MPs elected at the July 2024 general election have been given front bench roles in UK PM Andy Burnham’s new govt.Kanishka Narayan (36), a Hindu, joins the Cabinet in the newly-created role of AI minister, whilst two female Sikh MPs , Satvir Kaur (41) and Harpreet Uppal (43), have been awarded front bench roles.There are now two Hindus and two Sikhs on the front bench as Uma Kumaran, a Hindu of Sri Lankan heritage, has been made a junior minister in the foreign office.Meanwhile two high-profile PIO MPs, Seema Malhotra, who had been Indo-Pacific minister, and Preet Kaur Gill, who was junior health minister, both aged 53 with ancestral roots in Jalandhar, Punjab, have both left govt and returned to the backbenches following Burnham’s reshuffle.Both were close to former UK MP Keir Starmer.
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