Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha on Saturday (Jul 6) reached out to the United Kingdom's Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak and the newly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer, addressing both on their recent electoral outcomes.

'Politics that puts people first': Rahul Gandhi congratulates UK PM Starmer, extends sympathies to Rishi Sunak

The Labour Party in the UK, under the leadership of Keir Starmer, has achieved a landslide victory against the Conservative Party led by Rishi Sunak. In the 2024 general elections, a total of 107 British-Indian candidates contested for the 680 seats in the House of Commons.

UK Elections 2024: Indian-origin candidates who have secured a seat in the House

Global stocks continue their bull run on Friday amid Labour's landslide victory in the UK. The optimism is further fuelled by anticipation of US rate cuts ahead of key jobs data to be released later in the day.

Global stocks hit record highs amid UK election results

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage emerged victorious in the general election, winning the Clacton constituency with 21,225 votes. He beat Giles Watling, the Conservative leader who just secured 12,820 votes.

UK Election Results: Following his win, Nigel Farage's warning to Labour