Now that Bobby Jindal has been elected President of the Freshment folks in Congress, would it help in forging US-India ties? Would it affect Pakistan ties as Pakistanis had strongly opposed him for the post of Louisiana governer.
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The Indian-American community is delighted to see Bobbby Jindal in Congress. Indian relatives of the U.S. politician danced in the streets and distributed sweets in a dusty northern town in the Indian State of Punjab after he became the second man of Indian origin to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Mr. Jindal says he hopes to further solidify relations between the world’s two largest democracies.
“I am really very grateful for their support and good wishes,” he said. “I absolutely think it makes sense for America and India to improve and strengthen their relationship. We are talking about two large democracies with open markets, you are talking about India being a natural ally in the war against international terrorism, a great example in South Asia that serves as an example for peaceful regimes. So I think the opportunities for two countries to work together are wonderful. I intend certainly, I encourage this administration or any president, to make a visit to India to continue to build our relationship. I think it is very important whether the administration is Democrat or Republican. I think the two countries share many common interests.”
Bobby Jindal, who was born in the United States after his parents emigrated from India in the late 1960s, says that, if aspiring young Indian-Americans and other South Asian-Americans, work hard, they can accomplish anything in America and can hope to reach almost any position.