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bles are not in the best interests of
our next generation”.
He also led the meeting to ob-
serve a minute of silence in the mem-
ory of those who perished in the Odi-
sha train collision.
Pradeep Samala, who was the
General Convenor of the meeting,
thanked Rahul Gandhi along with all
the dignitaries who were present on
the dais. He expressed special grati-
tude to all the IOC officials and vol-
unteers who made the meeting suc-
cessful. He especially thanked John
Joseph, who was the Chairman of the
Hospitality committee for the grand
reception accorded to Rahul Gand- York City, also spoke.
hi on June 3rd at the Terrace on the IOC leaders John Joseph, Phu-
Park in Flushing meadow in Queens, man Singh, Leela Maret, Thomas
New York. Mathew, Rajeshwar Reddy, Ram
The meeting was further en- Gadula, Peter Kothari, Harkesh
riched by the presence of many Con- Thakur, Amar Singh Gulshan,
gress leaders from India who also Gurpeet Singh, Kulraj Grewal, Bal-
spoke at the event, including Deep- jinder Singh Kundu, Gurmeet Singh
endar Hooda, Mani Shankar Iyer, Gill, Gurmit Singh Buttar, Rajinder
Revanth Reddy, Vijender Singh, Dichpally, Nikhil Thagadur, Pawan
Rudra Raju Guduru, Madhu Yakshi, Darsi, Kawaljit Kaur and Sandeep
Amarinder Singh Warring, Venkat Vangala, Sharath Chandra Vemugu-
Reddy, Komati Reddy, Arathi Krish- ti, were also present on the dais.
na, Punnala Lakshmaya, Neelima Sophia Sharma, General Secre-
Kota, Alka Lamba. Dilip Chouhan, tary of IOCUSA, was the Emcee at
the Deputy Commissioner of New the event.

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