Presidential elections are going to be held in the US in November during the Corona period and preparations for it are already underway. Efforts are also being made to woo the non-resident Indians in the US presidential election. All the candidates are trying to woo the Indian voters by constantly mentioning India. Kamala Harris, the Indian-origin candidate for the post of Vice President from the Democratic Party, has remembered her grandfather and said that she learned the importance of democracy from her grandfather.
Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Wednesday (local time) recalled her grandfather, saying that her grandfather P.V. Gopalan often took her on morning walks by the beach in India where they would discuss the importance of democracy and the fight for civil rights.
In her tweet, she wrote, ‘When I was young, my grandfather often took me on morning walks in India, where he discussed the importance of fighting for democracy and civil rights.’ She said that she still remembers these words of her grandfather and this commitment and fight for a better future is still inside her.
As a young girl, my grandfather would often take me on his morning walks in India, where he’d discuss the importance of fighting for democracy and civil rights.
That commitment and that fight for a better future lives on in me to this day. pic.twitter.com/xwmVik6pzA
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 26, 2020
Kamala Harris’s tweet is accompanied by a 57-second video, which has old pictures of her and her family and she is seen with her family. In this video, Kamala Harris says, ‘My grandparents were phenomenal. We would come back to India every other year. My grandfather was a protector of India’s independence and he fought for it. When I was a little girl, being the eldest granddaughter, my grandfather used to take me for a morning walk.’
Harris said that those morning walks on the beach in India really sowed something in my mind and created a commitment in me. This is why I am here today. Let us tell you that Kamala Harris has accepted the Democratic nomination for the post of Vice President. Kamala Harris’s roots are connected to India. Kamala Harris’s mother Shyamala Gopalan was a resident of Chennai.
