Till 1947, the Indian Subcontinent was a colony of Great Britain and was referred to as the “Jewel in the Crown” while their populace was clamoring for Independence from Great Britain led by Mahatma Gandhi. However, Great Britain following the famous “divide and conquer” philosophy of their Foreign Policy, partitioned the Indian subcontinent into Hindu India (led by Nehru) and Muslim Pakistan (led by Jinnah) resulting in 2 countries viz. India and Pakistan becoming Independent in 1947.

Fast forward slightly over 75 years and UK now has for the first-time elected a Hindu of Indian-Origin Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister while Scotland now has elected a Muslim of Pakistani-Origin Hamza Yusuf as the First Minister of Scotland. Hamza is the leader of Scottish National Party (SNP) whose primary platform is the Independence of Scotland from UK.

It is ironic that today’s situation can be extrapolated to show events having Rishi playing the role of erstwhile Indian PM Nehru while Hamza is playing the role of erstwhile Pakistan PM Jinnah. Hence, we now have these two individuals with very close origins and ties to Indian Sub-Continent, viz. Rishi and Hamza will be working on the possible partition of Great Britain into 2 countries. This does seem to indicate some Geo-Political irony which is hard to ignore and seems to show that events have come a full circle?