Yes, I agree with you, but did Jindal actually say that ? Had he said anything offensive to the Muslims, by now it would have been picked by his opponents and played in the media again and again.
So far Abbasi Saheb hasn't done anything to backup his claims.
PS :- I dont really care for Jindal. The Indian newspapers reporting on this issue has become a joke here.
If he would have said that CAIR and other media would have reported it.
Kathleen Blanco herself would have made a big issue saying Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is not worth for governership.
Like I said before, if he did not make such remarks, then all communities should base their decision on "what is right for Louisiana"? not where the candidate is from?
y is there such a hue n cry over this topic.he is settled american n he has pretty much said the same that he doesnt have any special attention towards india.
More power to Jindal, maybe he wills erve as an example to other south asian kids to reach for what they want. I dont know about the pakistani group working against him, who are they how strong are they and who do they represent. There are tons of groups working for one thing or another. I suppose if people really were up in arma, there would have been a lot more hoopls and a lot more moola..
It appears that some people with personal axes to grind or other motives making it into a pakistan-India issue.
Looks like Piyush Jindal is trailing… Pakistanis in Houston and other cities are working hard for Kathleen Blanco. Many Pakistanis are seen planting signs on the Texas-Louisiana border
http://www.paknews.com/specialNews.php?id=2400&date1=2003-11-05
Jindal loses lead in opinion poll
November 11, 2003 20:11 IST
Indian American Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal, 32, the Republican candidate for governorship of Louisiana, has for the first time lost his lead in an opinion poll.
Jindal for Governor: The Complete Coverage
A state-wide poll, released on Monday by the Southeastern Louisiana University, showed that Democrat Kathleen Blanco was favoured by 41.4 per cent of the 705 registered voters polled between October 28 and November 5; Jindal was the choice of 40.1 per cent; another 18.5 per cent refused to answer.
The poll had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points, the university said.
The SLU said that after factoring in undecided “leaners”, Blanco had 45.1 per cent votes while Jindal had 42.9 per cent.
I read somewhere that Bush wanted to campaign for him but Jindal and party were apprehensive and refused, although Jindal constantly makes references to Bush as his guiding light. Now what does that mean?
Pakistani group supports Jindal
While a Pakistani-American business association recently made news with its opposition to Bobby Jindal’s campaign to become the first Indian-American governor in U.S. history, some Pakistani-Americans in New Orleans say many in their community are supporting the Republican. The Pakistani-American Business Association of Louisiana held an Oct. 21 fund-raiser for Jindal’s Democratic opponent Kathleen Blanco in Lake Charles that generated $50,000 for her campaign. One attendee said Jindal’s Indian heritage has some Pakistanis worried, given the decades of animosity between the two countries. But A. Rahman Bhatti, former president of the New Orleans American-Pakistani Community, noted that New Orleans Pakistani-Americans held a fund-raiser for Jindal in September that raised $15,000. “We support Mr. Jindal because we believe him to be the best candidate for the governorship, not because of his ethnicity or religion,” Bhatti said.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1068710113281950.xml
I don't know for how long people will this beat this issue. I read that Jindal does not give a damn of his "Indian" origin, but they do give a lot of "damn".
CL - That's so true. I dont understand why everyone is going gaga over this stupid election which doesn't even involve an Indian.
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I don't know for how long people will this beat this issue. I read that Jindal does not give a damn of his "Indian" origin, but they do give a lot of "damn".
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many indian origin people become head of states in singapore
trinidad and guyana.
and then they flooded India with Guyanese, Trinidad and Singaporean investment, and Guyanese Trinidad Singaporean markets were flooded with Indian products because of those “Indian” heads?
try to read what I posted, if you have difficulty understanding than read Asif_K’s post … otherwise 
PIYUSH JINDAL Lost to Blanco
PIYUSH JINDAL Lost to Blanco…Democrat Blanco Wins La. Governor’s Race :
By ADAM NOSSITER, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco became the first woman ever elected governor of Louisiana on Saturday, defeating a conservative Indian-American and scoring a rare gain for Democrats in an election season that has seen a string of Republican victories.
Blanco’s victory puts the Louisiana governorship back in the Democratic column for the first time since GOP Gov. Mike Foster won the first of his two terms eight years ago. He could not run again because of term limits.
With 99 percent of precincts counted, Blanco had 52 percent, or 725,760 votes, to Bobby Jindal’s 48 percent, or 672,294.
“Although our campaign did not come out on top tonight, Louisiana and America did,” Jindal said in his concession speech. “I stand before you tonight, proud. Proud to be a Louisianian, proud to be an American.”
Blanco, 60, carried her native Cajun area and swamped Jindal in New Orleans, where Democratic Mayor Ray Nagin had endorsed Jindal. She held her own in Jindal’s home city of Baton Rouge and in northern Louisiana. Jindal ran strong in the GOP-dominated suburbs of New Orleans.
Jindal, 32-year-old former Rhodes Scholar, would have been the first non-white elected governor in the Deep South since Reconstruction. Jindal, the son of Indian immigrants, is a former assistant health secretary under President Bush (news - web sites).
The Democratic victory snapped a winning streak for the GOP, which has captured the governorships of California, Kentucky and Mississippi within the last two months.
Blanco’s victory echoed the election a year ago when Louisiana dented another Republican upswing with Democrat Mary Landrieu winning re-election to the U.S. Senate after the GOP had won control of that chamber.
Republicans had hoped Jindal would give them a sweep of governornorships in every Deep South state — Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina — for the first time since Reconstruction.
Jindal had been slightly favored, partly due to strong backing from Foster. But Blanco accused him of harming the poor by enacting budget cuts when he served as Foster’s health secretary.
A 20-year veteran of public office, Blanco has had a low-key career first as a legislator, then as a Public Service Commissioner, and finally as lieutenant governor, where she oversaw the state’s tourism efforts. Her campaign sought to portray Blanco as a warm, family-oriented public servant, while depicting Jindal as a heartless numbers cruncher.
While both candidates carved out blocs of fervent supporters, many voters in this tradition-bound state appeared befuddled by the ballot choice — either because of resistance to supporting a woman or a non-white, or because the two candidates were so close ideologically.
“It’s time a woman steps in, and I think she’s the right one for the job,” said Leuna Davis, who voted for Blanco. “She’s been in the system longer, and she’s more established.”
Karey Victoriano, 24, said she voted for Jindal partly because she liked his focus on the state’s economy.
“He’s got a young family, and he’s worried about his children not having a future here,” said Victoriano, a new mother from the New Orleans suburb of Marrero. “I get the feeling he would work hard to change that.”
Both candidates focused their campaigns on promises to bring jobs to Louisiana, which has been struggling near the bottom in most national economic indicators and the only Southern state to experience a net outmigration of population in the 1990s.
With their approaches differing little — lower taxes on business, no new taxes on citizens — the race came down to style, personality and resume.
Jindal sought to neutralize possible opposition based on his ethnicity. He campaigned far to the right, running radio ads extolling the Ten Commandments, deriding gun control, and promoting his strong Catholic faith.
“It’s not about race, it’s about which candidate has the qualifications and experience to lead our state forward,” Jindal said last week.
Less than a week before the election, 12 percent of the electorate had not made up their minds according to the latest poll.
“I’m really undecided,” said Tommy Schwebel, a fireman in Amite, 80 miles north of New Orleans. “The ones I talk to out in the street, they don’t want to vote for either one of them.”
This is the same state where, just over a decade ago, a majority of white men voted for former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.
Stacy Tanguis, 32, said Saturday she was proud of Louisiana for selecting two historic candidates in the primary.
“It says we’ve come a long way, and we’re ready for a change,” she said.
On the Net:
http://www.kathleenblanco.com**Democrat Blanco Wins La. Governor’s Race **
...and suddenly a hush falls on this thread....
There was a lot of negative campaign led by Kathleen Blanco. Anyway it was great to have a Non-White get 48% of votes in a conservative state like Louisiana.
Jindal responds to critics, doesn’t regret strategy
By SCOTT DYER
[email protected]
Capitol news bureau
NEW ORLEANS – A day after his narrow loss in the governor’s race, Republican Bobby Jindal said he has no regrets about his failure to respond to a last-minute flurry of attack ads.
Even before Jindal made his concession speech Saturday night, critics began suggesting he should have been quicker to respond to attacks from Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco and the state Democratic Party.
Blanco won 52 percent of the vote to Jindal’s 48 percent.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/111703/new_jindal001.shtml
May be next time, good luck to him. I wonder if Indian obsession will ever be over with this guy!?