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fia holds meeting with consul general amit Kumar

Our Bureau
Chicago

ederation of Indian As-
sociations Chicago (FIA)
Fmet honorable Consul
General Amit Kumar. Presi-
dent Raj Patel, Executive VP
Hemant Patel, VP Amar Upa-
dhyay, VP Tribhuvan Gaur, and
a long-time trustee Hina Trivedi
introduced FIA and shared the
history of FIA. They highlighted
past events and talked about fu-
ture plans.
Amit Kumar appealed Indi- Tribhuvan Gaur, Amar Upadhyay, Hina Trivedi, CG Amit Kumar, Raj Patel, Hemant Patel
an diaspora to unite; forgetting
caste and religion. He raised the American election process. the CAA before introducing it sent letters to all city councils re-
concerns about Indian commu- Amit Kumar also raised con- to the council. He has reached questing to abstain or vote “No”.
nities’ low voting record in the cerns about the anti-CAA Res- out to the city councils in this FIA on behalf of the Indian
American elections. He said it is olution R2020-583 being intro- matter. He appealed to the In- Community of Chicago appreci-
catastrophic. All Indian leaders duced in the city council. He is dian diaspora to reach out to the ate Mr. Kumar’s time, his active
should encourage the Indian di- surprised that the city council City councils. FIA condemned engagement with the communi-
aspora to vote and participate in never approached him about the anti CAA resolution and ty, and his guidance.

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