5 Most Powerful Indian Americans in U.S. Politics

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 08 March 2012, 23:55 IST   |    3 Comments
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Bangalore: The American politics is going through a transformation with the increasing number of Indian Americans conquering political heights along with other leaders. These US Indians are making an ever big impact in the American politics by their influential personality and have set a benchmark in this domain with their hard work and willingness.

Below enlisted are some of the Indian Americans who have conquered the U.S. politics-

Bobby Jindal-

Bobby Jindal is the current Governor of Louisiana who is the first Indian American to hold the position of a Governor in the United States and one of the most powerful politicians in the whole of America. This Republican politician was elected to the post of Governor In the year 2007 and later on in 2011 he was re-elected to serve the same position.

When he was chosen to serve Louisina, Jindal promised his supporters, “I will use every day, every hour of these next four years to make Louisiana the very best that we can be. I don’t believe on resting on our past accomplishments. I don’t believe in taking time off.”

Born to immigrant parents from Punjab, Jindal has come a long way, leading a life of hard work and determination to achieve the present stature he is enjoying now.

According to Jindal, ‘’to succeed, we have to be the party of change, we have to root out corruption in our own ranks and we have to be the party of solutions.’’

As per an opinion poll held recently, Jindal is the most popular serving Governor in U.S. He is recognized as a ‘Wunderkind’, ‘Darling of Washington’, and ‘Republican Star’ by the media.

In 1988, Jindal graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School and he also received M.Litt. Degree in political science from the University of Oxford, with an emphasis in health policy.



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