India, May 16 -- In a stunning political escalation that has plunged Britain's governing Labour Party under Prime Minister Keir Starmer into a state of uncertainty, former UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting, in his first public speech, has announced he will run to replace Starmer as the Prime Minister.

The bombshell declaration, made on Saturday during a keynote address at the Progress annual conference in London, comes just two days after Streeting dramatically walked out of the cabinet, citing a complete breakdown of confidence in Starmer's ability to govern.

"We need the best candidates in the field, and I will be standing," Streeting told a conference of the Progress group of Labour supporters in what was perceived by the Labour side...