Indian-Americans Agog Over Indian Election

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 23:54 IST   |    2 Comments
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WASHINGTON: Only a fraction of some three million Indian Americans have a vote back home. But everyone seems excited about the Lok Sabha elections that many hope will usher in a "clean government" and help put India on the world stage.

"Overseas Indians want a clean government in India" as "India has been missing out in the world stage," says Thomas Abraham, founder president of many major community organisations including the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO).

"We need a government which will keep ears open and seek out new ideas," Abraham told, as he called for the involvement of NRIs and PIOs in areas of development in technology and business, education, healthcare as well as village development.

Noting that Indian Americans have played a major role in the last three decades to develop closer ties between India and the U.S. Abraham said the new Indian government must bring the two countries further closer.
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Source: IANS
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