Indian-origin Labour leader to take on minister

London: An Indian-origin doctor has been chosen by Britain’s Labour party as its candidate for a district in south-west London to contest the June 8 election.

Neeraj Patil, a former mayor of the London borough of Lambeth, is pitted against the Conservative Education Minister, Justine Greening in Putney. Greening has been representing the constituency since 2005. Patil was born and brought up in Gulbarga, Karnataka. PTI