‘My daughter made her husband prime minister’: Sudha Murty on Rishi Sunak. Watch

Rishi Sunak with wife Akshata Murty (file image)

Sudha Murty credited her daughter Akshata Murty for Rishi Sunak’s meteoric ascent to power. In a clip that has gone viral online, the 72-year-old philanthropist was heard talking about her son-in-law and the hand her daughter has played in his career.

UK PM Rishi Sunak is married to Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys billionaires Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murty. With an estimated net worth exceeding 700 million pounds, Akshata Murty is among the richest women in the UK and heiress to a fortune worth billions.

“I made my husband a businessman. My daughter made her husband Prime Minister of the UK,” Sudha Murty was heard saying in the clip, according to a translation provided by news agency ANI.

“The reason is the glory of the wife. See how a wife can change a husband. But I could not change my husband. I made my husband a businessman, and my daughter made her husband a Prime Minister,” she said.

#RishiSunak's mother-in-law, #SudhaMurty, has claimed in a video that because of her daughter, Rishi Sunak became the youngest #PrimeMinister of UK. In the video, Sudha can be heard saying: "I made my husband a #Businessman My daughter made her husband Prime Minister of the UK" pic.twitter.com/A97xRDAyiQ

— Smriti Sharma (@SmritiSharma_) April 28, 2023

In her clip, Sudha Murty also spoke about how the Indian-origin UK PM observes a fast every Thursday.

“Yes, what should be started on Thursday, they started Infosys on Thursday, not only that! Not only that, but our son-in-law, who married our daughter, has been in England for 150 years from their ancestor's time, but they are very religious. After getting married, he asked why you start anything on Thursday. They said that we will go to Raghavendra Swami. He fasts every Thursday after just saying good day. Our son-in-law's mother fasts every Monday but our son-in-law fasts on Thursdays,” she said.