The new UK PM performing his spiritual/traditional rituals before entering his new office. We have largely abandoned ours. pic.twitter.com/QMkeAkDkSC
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Fact Check-Video of Rishi Sunak lighting candles on Downing Street for Diwali taken in 2020
A 2020 video shared on social media of Rishi Sunak lighting candles outside a door on Downing Street has been mistakenly captioned as a Hindu ritual before he took office as prime minister in October 2022.
But the video dates from 2020 when Sunak was finance minister, and it shows him lighting candles outside 11 Downing Street, his residence at the time, ahead of Diwali celebrations (bit.ly/3sv8anJ).
VERDICT
Miscaptioned. The video that shows Sunak lighting candles for Diwali is from 2020.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-britain-diwali-idUSL1N31R1HI
