NEW DELHI - Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi is set to meet members of the Indian diaspora in San Francisco on Tuesday and in New York on June 4 during an upcoming visit to the United States that kicks off on Monday.
Globally, Indian political parties are intensifying their outreach to the Indian diaspora, which numbers about 32 million people, ahead of 2024's general election.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has maintained a steady edge in outreach to the Indian diaspora, Congress is ramping up its engagement.
"Join hands for secular and democratic India," say posters inviting registration for the two events featuring Mr Gandhi which are being organised by the Indian Overseas Congress US, a diaspora group that promotes the Congress party.
"Non-resident Indians (NRIs) have certainly come a long way since the days when Indian prime ministers sanctimoniously urged them to be loyal to the foreign countries in which they had settled," Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told The Sunday Times.
This story is from the May 28, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
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