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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline APRIL 07, 2023 | The Indian Eye 18

Indian-American community

celebrates Mayor Sam Joshi’s achievements

during his first year in office

OUR BUREAU
Edison, NJ
ndian-American community in Edison cele-
brated Mayor Sam Joshi’s first year of achieve-
Iments. Hosted by Kunal Joshi with support
from Dr H. R. Shah, Nilesh Dasondi, Anil Patel,
Harshad Patel and Seema Jagtiani, the event was
held at Kings Palace here.

Mayor Joshi is the 1st Indian to become
the Mayor of Edison in 2022. Edison is

the sixth largest town in New Jersey and
has about 32,000 Indian-Americans in the
town with a population of 100,000.

Host Juhi Desai Mehta, also a business part-
ner with Kunal Joshi, opened the evening while
greeting the mayor and the hall full with com-
munity leaders. Kunal Joshi commended Mayor
Joshi for his accomplishments. Community lead-
ers expressed their support to Mayor Joshi in years
ahead.
Mayor Joshi shared his achievements and vi-
sion for road ahead. He spoke with a strong sense
of pride on breaking the monopoly of “Optimum”
and opening the opportunity to competitors like
Comcast. Mayor has also built strong bond with
different ethnic communities by celebrating festi-
vals such as EID, Diwali and wonderland in Edi-
son, all first time by any Mayor.
He made a commitment to continue to build
Edison to the next level in next three years.

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