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Kamala Harris’ India connection made headlines each within the US and India when used to be chosen as Joe Biden’s working mate within the 2021 elections. This time, it’s Republican VP candidate JD Vance’s wife Usha who’s attracting eyeballs for being of Indian starting set.
Whereas the US is gearing up for the 2024 Presidential Elections within the country, the Indians are pumped up for any other interesting contest.
At the Republican Nationwide Convention (RNC)’s first assembly on Monday (Jul 15), Donald Trump presented JD Vance as his working mate- a switch believed to commerce the potential US elections were alleged to happen earlier.
It’s Republican’s JD Vance vs Democrat’s Kamala Harris now for the Vice President dart. As for Indians, it potential something fully diverse.
Indians on social media are pitting for Tamil Nadu vs Andhra Pradesh because Harris’ mother hails from Chennai and Vance’s wife Usha Chilukuri had her roots in Andhra Pradesh.
US Elections 2024: It’s Tamil Nadu vs Andhra Pradesh for Indians
Kamala Harris’ India connection made headlines each within the US and India when she used to be chosen as Joe Biden’s working mate within the 2021 elections. This time, it’s Republican VP candidate JD Vance’s wife Usha who’s attracting eyeballs for being of Indian starting set.
Harris’ Indian roots would possibly perchance additionally be traced to the Besant Nagar neighbourhood of Chennai where her mother used to be born, Shyalama Gopalan. Her mother moved to the US as a teen for a doctoral diploma at the College of California Berkeley. There, she met Donald J. Harris of Jamaican descent. The couple obtained married in 1963 and welcomed daughter Kamala in 1964, adopted by daughter Maya in 1967.
Usha Chilukuri’s oldsters, on the opposite hand, at likelihood of are residing in Andhra Pradesh’s Chilakaluripeta before transferring to the US where Usha used to be born. She graduated from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts with History as her considerable, Deccan Memoir reported. In 2010, she performed her M.Phil in Early Well-liked History from the College of Columbia and performed her JD in Law from Yale Law College in 2013.
Usha worked as an ethical clerk at the US Supreme Court and is now a worthwhile ethical affiliate with a non-public law agency in San Francisco.
Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of Trump’s VP select JD Vance, is a Yale & Cambridge grad from an Andhra Hindu family. supports him in opposition to Kamala Harris, who hails from Tamil Nadu, within the 2024 election.
Or now not it’s an election season with a flavorful Andhra vs Tamil Nadu twist!#USPolitics pic.twitter.com/bYmPL2OIKz
— Andhra Nexus (@AndhraNexus) July 16, 2024
If Biden wins, Kamala Harris will continue her position as Vice President. If Trump and Vance prevail, Usha Chilukuri will develop into the 2nd Lady, residing at the Naval Observatory. The US presidential election is scheduled to be held on November 5.
In terms of recognition, Kamala Harris is more in type than JD Vance, as per most modern polls. According to YouGov, Harris has a 49 per cent reputation rating in contrast to Vance’s 28 per cent. Nonetheless, Harris moreover faces better disapproval charges.
As the US election attracts near, the cultural identities of Kamala Harris and Usha Chilukuri add a animated layer to the political contest.
(With inputs from agencies)
Riya Teotia
Riya is a senior sub-editor at WION and a passionate storyteller who creates impactful and detailed tales thru her articles. She likes to write on defence
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