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Norwalk, CA-The Los Angeles chapter of Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP-LA) organized a Meet and Greet with Amana Sinha, National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party, India. The event was organized at the Sanatan Dharma Temple here June 18. Local community leaders and OFBJP members had the opportunity to...
Norwalk, CA-The Los Angeles chapter of Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP-LA) organized a Meet and Greet with Amana Sinha, National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party, India. The event was organized at the Sanatan Dharma Temple here June 18. Local community leaders and OFBJP members had the opportunity to...
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discuss their issues with Sinha.P K Nayak, the Convener of OFBJP California introduced local businessmen and leaders to Sinha.
Vijay Patil, General Secretary of OFBJP-LA welcomed the audience and thanked everyone for attending.
Parimal Shah then introducted Sinha and requested him to address the audience.
Sinha started by thanking the Indian-American community for improving the image of India. Specifically, he pointed out that the people from the West Coast are front runner in many initiatives. “The energy and passion of people of Los Angeles is unparalleled”, he said.
Sinha mentioned that the BJP government has raised the expectations of people of india. He emphasized that the electoral results across all recent elections showed that the ‘Modi Magic’ is working. BJP expanded from four states in 2014 to 22 states in 2018.
He summarized the benefits of many initiatives launched by the BJP government. After explaining the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” initiative, he recognized the efforts of the OFBJP-LA team in promoting education for Indian girls. Sinha informed the audience about a bill to allow NRI to vote in Indian elections. He also mentioned that the government has eased FDI restrictions for Overseas Citizens of India which will allow them to invest on terms similar to that of local Indian citizens.
Avadhesh Agarwal, the guest of honor, then expressed his views on the recent transformational changes in India. He provided a balanced perspective by advocating the celebration of the electoral wins while introspecting on areas that can be improved upon.
This was followed by an hour long, detailed question and answer session. The questions ranged from the Kashmir issue to the role of NRI’s in the 2019 elections. Pranav Desai offered the vote of thanks.
Vijay Patil, General Secretary of OFBJP-LA welcomed the audience and thanked everyone for attending.
Parimal Shah then introducted Sinha and requested him to address the audience.
Sinha started by thanking the Indian-American community for improving the image of India. Specifically, he pointed out that the people from the West Coast are front runner in many initiatives. “The energy and passion of people of Los Angeles is unparalleled”, he said.
Sinha mentioned that the BJP government has raised the expectations of people of india. He emphasized that the electoral results across all recent elections showed that the ‘Modi Magic’ is working. BJP expanded from four states in 2014 to 22 states in 2018.
He summarized the benefits of many initiatives launched by the BJP government. After explaining the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” initiative, he recognized the efforts of the OFBJP-LA team in promoting education for Indian girls. Sinha informed the audience about a bill to allow NRI to vote in Indian elections. He also mentioned that the government has eased FDI restrictions for Overseas Citizens of India which will allow them to invest on terms similar to that of local Indian citizens.
Avadhesh Agarwal, the guest of honor, then expressed his views on the recent transformational changes in India. He provided a balanced perspective by advocating the celebration of the electoral wins while introspecting on areas that can be improved upon.
This was followed by an hour long, detailed question and answer session. The questions ranged from the Kashmir issue to the role of NRI’s in the 2019 elections. Pranav Desai offered the vote of thanks.
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