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appointed her as his director of
>> Continued from previous page... shashi malik elected iaLi
Immigration Affairs & Special
winner with a 70 percent to 30 Counsel for the state.
percent lead in the Nov. 3 elec- “The South Asian commu- President for second term
tions, a gap that she told this nity has burst forth in the New
writer, could not be made up York political scene and has Our Bureau
with the absentee ballots. “I am a seat at the table,” Rajkumar New York
very proud about the change told the media.
we are going to make in New “Every one of the Indian ALI has elected Shashi Ma-
York,” Rajkumar said. “And if American candidates won be- lik as its President for a sec-
you look at our history it shows cause of their hard work and Iond term in 2021 by a whop-
that we are cross-cutting can- persistence which are their ping majority. This year the
didates. We cut across ethnic- hallmarks of the community. election was only for the post of
ity and ideology. In my district Indians are asserting them- the President. Rest all positions
I won the Latino vote, and the selves from upstate to down- were elected unopposed. The
support of conservative and lib- state and across the country,” counting of the ballots was done
eral Democrats. Indian Amer- she added. on Sunday, November 22nd,
icans are able to unite diverse Even though Indian Amer- 2020. Shashi Malik got 554 votes
communities,” she asserted. icans are relatively new immi- and Bala Nagraj the opposing
Born and raised in New grants and a relatively small candidate got 227 votes.
York, Rajkumar is a graduate ethnic group in the country,
of Stanford Law School with “We’re also one of the fastest in a message shashi
distinction for her pro-bono le- growing communities. I think the other team members for
gal work. A magna cum laude, this election will have a lasting malik said “thank you 2021 are:
phi beta kapa graduate of the impact by inspiring more Indi- everyone for your sup- Vice President: Jasbir Jay
University of Pennsylvania, Ra- an Americans to participate in Singh; Secretary: Kuljeet Kar-
jkumar has litigated class ac- politics. And as more and more port, 71% winning is all ishma Ahluwalia; Treasurer:
tion cases, and won some land- Indian Americans enter elec- because of your support Neelama Srivastava Bedi; Mem-
mark victories as a member of toral politics, gain more expe- bers at Large: Neeru Bham-
legal teams, on issues ranging rience, and seek higher office, and love, i thank each bri, Deepa Goyal, Ramesh
from rights of workers, tenants, the community is going to see and every one from the Gupta, Renu Kapoor, Harsha
women and against big pharma. increasingly more influence Padmanabham, Gary Sikka,
She also teaches at City Univer- and representation,” Sen. Kev- bottom of my heart.” Pradeep Tandon and Ravi Kan-
sity of New York. Gov. Cuomo in Thomas said. ta Verma.

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