PM of Indian origin.

"Rishi Sunak has arrived in New Delhi for the G20 summit - a meeting of leaders from the 19 leaders biggest economies in the world plus the European Union. He becomes the first prime minister of Indian heritage to visit the country." That is not a surprise as he is the first non-white person to become the prime minister of Britain. Perhaps, it is a surprise that someone of Indian origin has risen to that post considering the way Indians were treated by the British colonial regime. "I have an intimate family connection to the independence movement in India," wrote Justin Rowlatt. Justin's great-grandfather Sidney Rowlatt wrote the Rowlatt Act which led to the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on 13 April 1919. "The law suspended basic civil liberties for those suspected of plotting against the Empire and meant you could be imprisoned without trial for up to two years simply for having a seditious newspaper." We Indians are good learners. Now we have the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) under which anyone can be imprisoned without bail for months without the state having to provide any evidence of wrongdoing. legalserviceindia.com. India still retains the British law against sedition. "The sedition law was first drafted by Thomas Macaulay in 1837 and was added to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 1870 by James Stephen as Section 124A." Outlook. A recent "Law Commission has backed the penal provision for the offence of sedition." Britain's exit from the European Union (EU), known as Brexit, was finalised on 1 January 2021. "Now that it's no longer in the EU, the UK is free to set its own trade policy and can negotiate deals with other countries." BBC. The EU had a GDP of $16.641 trillion in current US dollars in 2022. World Bank. Leaving free trade with such an enormous economy just across the Channel was an act of monumental stupidity. "The UK government has delayed health and safety checks on food imports from the European Union for the fifth time in three years," because "A recent study by the London School of Economics found that Brexit was responsible for about a third of UK food price inflation since 2019, adding nearly 7 billion pounds ($8.8 billion) to Britain's grocery bill." CNN. "India and UK appear to be close to concluding the free trade agreement (FTA) that has been in the works since January 2021." BT. India insists on data localisation for blanket surveillance of Indian citizens while "The UK opposes India's demand for mandatory transfer of source codes, algorithms and encryption keys." Mint. "Rishi Sunak said he 'won't rush' into a trade deal with India." BBC. We fervently hope so. Otherwise, all Indians will be stuck in a gulag under UAPA and 124A. We got independence from the British. How can we get freedom from our lot?