US Capitol to host first-ever gathering of Indian-Americans

US Capitol will for the first time next week host Indian American elected officials, leaders, philanthropists and some 80 community members running for elected offices in the November mid-term elections. Senator Kamala Harris from California, the first ever Indian origin to be elected to the US Senate, is scheduled to deliver a keynote address to the one-of-its-kind of gathering. 

Gautam Raghavan, a former Obama Administration White House official said it will be organised by Indian



American Impact Project. He said 200 delegates will attend the day-long meeting on June 7. He said it will feature panel discussions about how we can build political power in the Indian American community.

The current Congress has a record number of five Indian Americans, all of them being from the Democratic Party.US Capitol is the home of the United States Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the US federal government.