Lucknow, the landslide victory of a Labor Party candidate in the UK general election sparked celebrations thousands of miles away in Kanpur and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Navendu Mishra, elected to the House of Commons for the second consecutive term from the Stockport constituency, was born in Kanpur in 1989. His mother's paternal home is in Gorakhpur.
Mishra's maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey, a social worker and businessman now living in Lucknow, said some people in Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Kanpur celebrated his victory by distributing sweets and bursting crackers.
Pandey said Mishra went to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was four years old. His father was a marketing director at Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited and moved to the UK after taking over a British company.
Mishra grew up in the United Kingdom with his brother and his sister.
He entered politics after completing his studies in London and was elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 election on a Stockport Labor Party ticket.
Pandey said Mishra entered politics through the trade union movement.
Mishra is very close to him, Pandey said, adding that his nephew called him after winning the elections to seek his blessings.
Pandey said: "He (Mishra) likes to come to India. He is always interested in doing something for his country."
"He visits India once or twice a year and sets out to visit relatives from Gorakhpur to Delhi. He is a vegetarian and loves the home-cooked food common in eastern Uttar Pradesh," he said.
Praising his nephew, Pandey said: "You can guess his popularity from his margin of victory. In the UK, where elections are won by margins of only 1,000 to 2,000 votes, Mishra won by about 16,000 votes."
Mishra secured 21,787 of the votes cast. His closest challenger, UK Reform candidate Lynn Schofield, received 6,517 votes.
Pandey said Mishra returned to India for the first time after about seven years in the United Kingdom and spent time at his maternal grandparents' house in Gorakhpur.
"Mishra used to fly kites and play cricket on the streets with the locals' children, including my two sons and daughter. My children are also ecstatic about his victory," he added.
During a recent visit to India, Mishra led a delegation to meet Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The delegation also met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Delhi.
After this, he spent time with his family in Delhi and Lucknow, Pandey said.
Political experts claimed that Mishra's victory and his connection with India would strengthen bilateral relations and cultural, political and social ties between the two nations.
Pandey said Mishra had also planned to visit the Ram temple in Ayodhya, but that program did not materialise.
Ishwar Singh, an associate of Pandey in Gorakhpur, said, "Mishra was inspired to join politics and social service by his maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey."
"When he visited Gorakhpur at a young age, he used to see the crowd gathering to meet Pandey and he got inspired," he added.
Mishra's parental home in Kanpur's Arya Nagar was also packed with locals, gathered to congratulate the family on their second consecutive election victory.
Mishra last visited her family home in Arya Nagar about two years ago.
On Friday, Keir Starmer became the UK's new prime minister after his Labor Party claimed a landslide victory in a general election that saw weary voters inflict a "sobering verdict" on the Conservatives led by Rishi Sunak. .
The Labor Party won 412 seats in the 650-member House of Commons. Sunak's Conservatives won just 121 seats.
Discussing plans to invite his nephew to India, Pandey said, "We have invited Mishra to come here soon and a welcome ceremony will be organized in Lucknow after his arrival."
Navendu Mishra, elected to the House of Commons for the second consecutive term from the Stockport constituency, was born in Kanpur in 1989. His mother's paternal home is in Gorakhpur.
Mishra's maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey, a social worker and businessman now living in Lucknow, said some people in Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Kanpur celebrated his victory by distributing sweets and bursting crackers.
Pandey said Mishra went to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was four years old. His father was a marketing director at Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited and moved to the UK after taking over a British company.
Mishra grew up in the United Kingdom with his brother and his sister.
He entered politics after completing his studies in London and was elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 election on a Stockport Labor Party ticket.
Pandey said Mishra entered politics through the trade union movement.
Mishra is very close to him, Pandey said, adding that his nephew called him after winning the elections to seek his blessings.
Pandey said: "He (Mishra) likes to come to India. He is always interested in doing something for his country."
"He visits India once or twice a year and sets out to visit relatives from Gorakhpur to Delhi. He is a vegetarian and loves the home-cooked food common in eastern Uttar Pradesh," he said.
Praising his nephew, Pandey said: "You can guess his popularity from his margin of victory. In the UK, where elections are won by margins of only 1,000 to 2,000 votes, Mishra won by about 16,000 votes."
Mishra secured 21,787 of the votes cast. His closest challenger, UK Reform candidate Lynn Schofield, received 6,517 votes.
Pandey said Mishra returned to India for the first time after about seven years in the United Kingdom and spent time at his maternal grandparents' house in Gorakhpur.
"Mishra used to fly kites and play cricket on the streets with the locals' children, including my two sons and daughter. My children are also ecstatic about his victory," he added.
During a recent visit to India, Mishra led a delegation to meet Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The delegation also met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Delhi.
After this, he spent time with his family in Delhi and Lucknow, Pandey said.
Political experts claimed that Mishra's victory and his connection with India would strengthen bilateral relations and cultural, political and social ties between the two nations.
Pandey said Mishra had also planned to visit the Ram temple in Ayodhya, but that program did not materialise.
Ishwar Singh, an associate of Pandey in Gorakhpur, said, "Mishra was inspired to join politics and social service by his maternal uncle Nilendar Pandey."
"When he visited Gorakhpur at a young age, he used to see the crowd gathering to meet Pandey and he got inspired," he added.
Mishra's parental home in Kanpur's Arya Nagar was also packed with locals, gathered to congratulate the family on their second consecutive election victory.
Mishra last visited her family home in Arya Nagar about two years ago.
On Friday, Keir Starmer became the UK's new prime minister after his Labor Party claimed a landslide victory in a general election that saw weary voters inflict a "sobering verdict" on the Conservatives led by Rishi Sunak. .
The Labor Party won 412 seats in the 650-member House of Commons. Sunak's Conservatives won just 121 seats.
Discussing plans to invite his nephew to India, Pandey said, "We have invited Mishra to come here soon and a welcome ceremony will be organized in Lucknow after his arrival."
