He will make a great vice president, say tech leaders from the community.
AB Wire
Sen. Tim Kaine, who was picked by the presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as her running mate on Friday, is known as a friend of the Indian American community, especially in his home state of Virginia.
Whether it’s a Diwali celebration or a philanthropic fundraiser, the former Virginia governor has been a regular at Indian American events for years.
And the community recognizes his friendship and support.
“Tim is a good guy and a friend of the Indian American community,” Suresh Shenoy, executive vice president at the Reston, VA, -based Alyx Technologies.“More importantly, he did a great job as governor of Virginia.”
Sanjay Mittal, CEO of eHealthObjects, a Richmond-area healthcare technology company, agreed. “Sen. Kaine is a good friend of the Indian American community and is very popular among Virginians,” he said, adding that the United States “will be in good hands with Sen. Kaine as the vice president.”
Kaine, who has worked closely with Northern Virginia’s Indian American tech community during his tenure as governor and then as a US Senator, has always appreciated the accomplishment of the community.
“The talent pool of the Indian American community in our country is so strong and so diverse in different subject areas, that if you are just putting together a team on the aristocracy of merit, you have Indian Americans at the forefront,” he said, headlining an annual gala of the American India Foundation in Bethesda in November 2014. “And that is an aspect of life in this country that makes the Indian American moment in the relationship between our nations so fruitful right now.”
He has also been to India on official visits multiple times.
In April 2007, as governor, he led a delegation of more than 100 business and government leaders on a trade mission to three Indian cities. “We believe India will provide Virginia businesses with tremendous opportunities for growth,” he said ahead of the trip. “We have a focused mission ahead of us, and I look forward to what is sure to be a successful outcome.”
In October 2014, as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, he went on a four-day trip to India.
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Tim Kaine is one of the most anti-india politicians in the US. He has connections to Khalistani and Radical Islamist movements in South Asia. Further, he is an outright anti-Hindu bigot, who has done nothing but denigrate India and any Hindu aspect of his culture.