Ahead of the March 15 primary Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Democratic front-runner for the 8th Congressional District race hosted a pre-election meet to pep up what seems to a surging wave of support for his candidacy that is gathering momentum across the Chicagoland area.
At an event held at Maharaja Restaurant in Rosemont Ill. March 11, a group of frontline community organization leaders gathered in show solidarity and community unity to help him successfully cross the finish line.
The event was held to collectively propel the first Indian-American to the United States Congress from the Midwest region. Many community figures stepped up to the podium, making a feverish pitch to seize this “historic opportunity” to elect Krishnamoorthi to the 115th Congress from the 8th Congressional District populated by Asian-Americans with a sizeable Indian- American population. Along with Krishnamoorthi the two others vying for nomination are Villa Park Mayor Deb Bullwinke and state Sen. Michael Noland.
Raja Krishnamoorthi in his stirring eloquence spelled out his vision – if elected – to usher a new day in the United States Congress with pressing legislative agenda that seeks to strengthen working families, making college affordable, bolstering small businesses, reforming immigration system, improving America’s infrastructure. More importantly Krishnamoorthi assured that he would passionately pursue critical agenda for Americans in bringing about economic equality, protecting Social Security, Medicare and fiercely advocating policies to help working families and raising minimum wage.
Keerthi Kumar Ravoori, event convener in his welcome remarks said that Indian-Americans stand on the precipice of a shining hope and brighter promise with Krishnamoorthi nearing to enter the portals of the U.S. Congress with comprehensive legislative goals. Ravoori characterized Krishnamoorthi as a ‘legislative genius’ who would passionately pursue meaningful legislative agenda by hitting the ground running when elected.
Vijay Prabhakar, event co-chair emphasized that the candidacy of Krishnamoorthi represents a chance of a lifetime for the current and the future generations. He challenged every Asian-American to rise up and stand shoulder-to- shoulder to help him cross the finish line victoriously so that all Americans can see this eminent political personality as a shining inspiration for the entire nation.
Dr. Bharat Barai, prominent physician and community leader urged every Indian-American to come out and vote. Barai said there are 3.5 to 4 million Indian-American population in the United States and added that Democracy is all about proportional representation and as such, he said based on this ratio principle, “we should have five Congressmen in the Capitol Hill out of 435 total Congressmen.”
Some of the speakers and those present included Neal Patel, FIA President Minhaj Akhtar, Ajeet Singh, Sohan Joshi, Jameel Ahmed, Sanhita Agnihotri, Poonam Gupta-Krishnan, Kanti S. Patel, Babu Patel, Shirley/Sharath Kalvakota, Jitendra Digvanker, Bhailal Patel, Vasanth Charles, Moon Khan, Harish Kolasani, Beena Patel, Bijju Zachariya, Sher Rajput, Emmanuel Neela, Vijender Doma and Satish Dadepogu.
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