Philadelphia sources have stated that three leaders from the Indian American community took the stage before the 4,765 national delegates and the national media as the Democratic Party Convention turned the spotlight on the community, recognizing its rising role and the president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Neera Tanden, made an impassioned speech on Wednesday in support of the party candidate for President Hillary Clinton.
Krishnamoorthi, a lawyer and a technology and environmental entrepreneur, joked that he probably had a mutant gene that made him turn to politics in a community that focuses on careers in medicine, technology and education and he has said his family was in dire economic straits and had a difficult time when he was a baby, but the generosity of the United States helped them come out of it.
Shekhar Narasimhan has set up the Asian American Pacific Islander Victory Fund, which he said had raised $300,000 and has a target of $1.5 million. It will fund drives to mobilize voters in the six swing states and promote progressive candidates and on August 12th, Indian American leaders will be meeting in Las Vegas to see how they can help put more of their community in public offices, according to one of the organizers of the meeting.
