ब्रिटेन में PM पद के आठ दावेदार, टेरेसा मे की जगह लेने के लिए अलग-अलग दावे

ब्रिटेन को यूरोपियन यूनियन से अलग करने की कोशिशों में नाकाम रहीं टेरेसा मे के उत्तराधिकारी की तलाश शुरू हो गई है. उनके PM पद छोड़ने के बाद कम से कम आठ लोग दावेदार के रुप में सामने आए हैं. जानें कौन हैं उम्मीदवार

ब्रिटेन की प्रधानमंत्री टेरेसा मे

Published : May 27, 2019, 12:08 AM IST

लंदन: ब्रिटेन की प्रधानमंत्री टेरेसा मे आगामी सात जून को इस्तीफा देंगी. उनकी इस घोषणा के बाद उनका उत्तराधिकारी बनने के लिए पूर्व विदेश मंत्री बोरिस जॉनसन सहित कम से कम आठ उम्मीदवार मैदान में हैं.

टेरेसा ब्रिटेन की सत्तारूढ़ कंजरवेटिव पार्टी की नेता भी हैं. उनके इस्तीफे की घोषणा के बाद PM पद के दावदारों की दौड़ में बोरिस जॉनसन सबसे आगे माने जा रहे हैं. वे पूर्व विदेश मंत्री भी रह चुके हैं. हालांकि, सात अन्य लोग भी इस प्रतिस्पर्धा में शामिल हैं.

बता दें कि टेरेसा ने इस हफ्ते की शुरूआत में अपने इस्तीफे की घोषणा की थी. अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप की तीन दिवसीय राजकीय यात्रा के बाद वह औपचारिक तौर पर सात जून को टोरी नेता एवं प्रधानमंत्री का पद छोड़ेंगी.

इसके बाद 10 जून से पार्टी का नेता चुनने का औपचारिक दौर शुरू होगा. हालांकि, संभावित उम्मीदवारों ने प्रधानमंत्री बनने के लिए अपनी ओर से प्रयास शुरू कर दिये हैं.
ब्रिटेन के विदेश मंत्री माइकल गोव सबसे नये सांसद हैं जिन्होंने रविवार को जॉनसन को चुनौती देने की मंशा जाहिर की.

गोव ने रविवार को कहा, 'मैं इस बात की पुष्टि कर सकता हूं कि मैं देश के प्रधानमंत्री पद के लिए अपना नाम पेश कर रहा हूं.'

पढ़ेंः टेरेसा मे ने ब्रेक्जिट पर संसदीय गतिरोध तोड़ने की फिर की कोशिश

अन्य दावेदारों में पूर्व ब्रेक्जिट मंत्री डोमीनिक राब और हाउस ऑफ कॉमंस की पूर्व नेता एंड्रीया लीडसम, ब्रिटिश विदेश मंत्री जेरेमी हंट, अंतरराष्ट्रीय विकास मंत्री रोरी स्टीवर्ट, स्वास्थ्य मंत्री मैट हानकॉक और पूर्व पेंशन मंत्री ईस्थर मैकवे शामिल हैं.

टेरेसा के इस्तीफे की घोषणा ने यूरोपीय संघ से 31 अक्टूबर तक ब्रिटेन के बाहर होने की गुंजाइश बढ़ा दी है.

पढ़ेंः टेरेसा मे ने ब्रेक्जिट पर संसदीय गतिरोध तोड़ने की फिर की कोशिश

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London, 26 May 2019
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Gove, UK Environment Secretary:
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"I can confirm that I will be putting my name forward to be prime minister of this country. I believe that I'm ready to unite the Conservative and Unionist Party, ready to deliver Brexit and ready to lead this great country."
Reporter: "Can you beat Boris (former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson)?."
"I'm entering this contest because I want to put forward a positive set of ideas about how we can bring our country together. I believe that I'm ready to unite this country and ready to unite the Conservative and Unionist Party. And I'm looking forward to a contest of ideas. Thank you."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Leadsom, Former House of Commons leader:
"Well, yes, I can confirm I will be standing for the leadership of my party and as the next prime minister and I do believe I am the decisive and compassionate leader who can reunite our great country.
Reporter: "What qualities do you possess that other candidates, many of who we have heard from today, do not, do you think?
"Well I think there are lots of good candidates out there and I'm not going to compare myself directly to them, but my own absolute core is a combination of being a decisive person who gets things done, but also a compassionate person who can see the need to reunite our country, to make real changes in our society that will make everybody have the opportunity to be the best that they can be."
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London, 26 May 2019
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rory Stewart, UK International Development Secretary:
"My concrete element (of my leadership pitch) is to focus on the future. We need an industrial strategy and a Brexit deal has to come out of strategy, so if we are trying to sell 300 million electric cars into Europe in the next 15 years, we need a trade deal works for our car manufacturers, we need a trade deal that works for our farners. The way to unlock the Brexit deal is not to get back into the fights today. It's about looking at what we're trying to achieve, 15 years in the future, having a strategy that works for that. And a strategy that doesn't just work for London but works for the north - I'm the candidate in this race who comes from the most northern constituency - but also for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther McVey, UK Work and Pensions Secretary:
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"It is a bad deal. We're now in a different position and that withdrawal agreement boat has sailed. So what we've got to do, the EU doesn't want to move the UK therefore has to be prepared to leave. And as we know, and I'm a unionist, as we know with no deal actually there is no backstop. So this is the best thing we can do. Prepare for no deal."
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STORYLINE:
The race to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May is heating up, the field of Conservative contenders is quickly growing and the focus is squarely on how to handle Brexit.
Environment Minister Michael Gove and former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom have joined the fray, as have International Development Secretary Rory Stewart and UK Work and Pensions Secretary, Esther McVey.
Stewart, has said that he could not serve in a Cabinet under former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, the best-known contestant for the Conservative leadership post.
Johnson - along with former cabinet member Dominic Raab who has also entered the race, Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey - has said he will take Britain out of the EU on October 31 even if no deal has been reached with EU leaders.
Stewart says he could not work for a leader who is comfortable with the idea of a no-deal Brexit.
The field is likely to grow to about a dozen candidates, with a winner expected to be chosen by mid or late July.
Senior Conservatives including Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt are among those considering a leadership run.
May announced Friday she plans to step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7 and remain as a caretaker prime minister while the party chooses a new leader in a contest that officially kicks off the following week.
She plans to remain as party leader through US President Donald Trump's upcoming state visit and the 75th D-Day anniversary celebrations on June 6.
Her successor will have to try to complete Brexit - a task that May failed to deliver during her three years in office.
While she succeeded in striking a divorce deal with the European Union, the plan was defeated three times in Parliament by British lawmakers from across the political spectrum.
The EU extended Britain's departure date to October 31 but there still is no consensus among British lawmakers about how or even if the country should leave the bloc.
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