India, Feb. 9 -- As the premiership of UK's Keir Starmer teeters on the brink of collapse, the Westminster rumour mill has turned its focus to a potential history-making successor: Shabana Mahmood.

Currently serving as UK's home secretary, Shabana Mahmood is increasingly viewed as a top-tier contender to lead the Labour Party, a move that would make her the United Kingdom's first Muslim prime minister.

The turn of events has much to do with the Epstein files released in the US that have rocked governments across Europe and other parts of the world.

Shabana Mahmood is a 45-year-old lawyer-politician, and a key ally of Keir Starmer. Within the party, she is recognised as a persuasive speaker and an ambitious operator positioned on the ri...