Born to Indian immigrants Piyush “Bobby” Jindal, American politician and current governor of Louisiana and the vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association is all set to enter esteemed White House of the United States of America. Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, is speculated to launch a bid for the Republican Presidential nomination on Wednesday marking an a rare feat as first Indian- American and 13th Republican to join the 2016 White House race.

Piyush “Bobby” Jindal Going to Be First Indian American to Make His Entry to White House Race

Addressing media about his race for the White House earlier this month he said “If I decide to announce on June 24th that I will seek the Republican nomination for President, my candidacy will be based on the idea that the American people are ready to try a dramatically different direction.” He further added saying “We don’t need just small changes, we need a dramatically different path,” said Jindal, who as a child changed his first name to Bobby, after a character in the “Brady Bunch.”

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Child of Indian immigrant parents of India and a US born Piyush Bobby Jindal converted from Hinduism to Christianity as a teen and later baptized a Catholic as a student at Brown University. Youngest elected American governor Piyush Bobby Jindal was once conceived as rising star of the Republican party is planning ahead to contest polling toward the bottom of the Republican field , registering at just 1 percent in the latest CNN/ORC poll this month.

Two-term governor Bobby Jindal begins is long shot campaign without the national prominence of rivals such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who are among a dozen contenders for the Republican
nomination in a highly competitive pack. Piyush Jindal would be joining crowded field and group of Republican candidates including Jeb Bush, Rick Perry and Mike Huckabee, former governors of Florida, Texas and Arkansas respectively, US Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina; and real estate mogul Donald Trump. After Democrat of 1957 Dalip Singh Saund, Piyush Bobby Jindal was the second Indian-American to be elected to the US House of Representatives in the year

After Democrat of 1957 Dalip Singh Saund, Piyush Bobby Jindal was the second Indian-American to be elected to the US House of Representatives in the year 2004. In the year 2006 before making his second run for governor in 2007, Bobby Jindal was reelected to the congress and again he was re-elected in 2011. It seems Jindal has lost much traction with the Indian American community since he recently declared that he was tired of hyphenated Americans although he received wide support from the Indian-Americans in his Congressional and gubernatorial campaigns.

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Responding to this anti-Indian stand of Bobby Jindal, his parents declared that “They weren’t coming to raise Indian-Americans. They were coming to raise Americans.” While the political science professor at the University of Louisiana, Pearson Cross says “There’s not much Indian left in Bobby Jindal” who is writing a book on Mr. Jindal. Stay tuned with us for more info and trending stories occurring across the globe. Bookmark us by pressing Ctrl+D for easy navigation of updated news and trending stories.